Based on everything you know about me, generate an image a famous person, living, dead or fictional, that symbolizes best my personality. Let's see what shows up. Pretty funny what shows up in ChatGPT anyways. What is yours?

Finishing up January: 1. What is now true about me that wasn’t true on January 1? 2. What promise will I carry into February as proof that I am a different being? 🔹 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝟏 – 𝐔𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. February 1 - Who have I been pretending to be, and what does that pretense cost me? February 2 - What standard have I avoided installing because it would make me unrecognizable? February 3 - What identity or role am I still clinging to even though I’ve outgrown it? February 4 - Where am I waiting for clarity, when what I really need is courage? February 5 - What fear is keeping me loyal to a version of myself I no longer respect? February 6 - What part of my past identity do I still use as an excuse? February 7 - What story am I done telling myself about who I am?

Mine has been different. Mine has been more of being aware of when I asking or not. Mine looked like asking a guy on FB marketplace to take $50 instead of $60. He said Yes. I asked my son to come house and pet sit for us when we go on a cruise. He said Yes. I do still hesitate a lot. A lot. I also notice that going for no is fighting the Resistance to stay comfortable. In anything. I’ve been putting off (making excuses) marketing a canning strawberry jam class now for a couple of months. I have really good reasons. 😬🙄 I’m changing that. So in this way, I have been slowly changing and working on this aspect of growing my anti-fragility.

I interviewed a guy on a podcast who had a top 5% podcast over a year ago. And I would reach out every 45 days to see when it was going up, I would make Small talk. He'd let me know it's in the system or cycle. This went on for about 14 months… His podcast now in the top 1.5% podcast. I asked him again recently and he said oh most of the podcast are paid now... ... I could've easily reacted, but instead, I asked if I could interview him and create his mini-novel and he said sure and I wrote his mini novel. Now, he's reaching out to me, letting me know my interview on his podcast is coming soon. That 14 months of patience paid off as I went from a 5% top podcast to a top 1.5% podcast🎉 God's timing is always better than ours as a matter of fact it's perfect

We’ve been in “Go for No!” mode all month, stretching ourselves to get out there, risk rejection, and build resilience. But of course: The purpose of going for no... is to get to yes. And yesterday, we scored one. Our impossible Q1 goal? Raise €2 million for our MedTech startup. We’ve had plenty of interest. Dozens of investors love what we’re building, but they’ve all been waiting for someone else to go first: “Come back when there’s traction.” “Let us know when others are in.” “You’re clearly onto something, but we don’t want to lead.” Yesterday we met with a professor of interventional cardiology, a respected key opinion leader in our field. After speaking with us, he pulled out his wallet and invested on the spot. Was it €2 million? No. But it was the signal everyone’s been waiting for. And we have a Dutch saying that fits perfectly: “Als één schaap over de dam is, volgen er meer.” (“Once one sheep crosses the dam, more will follow.”) This was our first sheep. The momentum has started. And now we get to go back to every other investor with a new line: “You're not first anymore.” If you’re still chasing your no’s, keep going. They might just be lining you up for your yes. Finish the week strong. 🚀