Mar 16 • 💬 General
The Work Isn’t Ready. Neither Are You. Share It Anyway.
"𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑." – Rick Rubin
Earlier in life, I thought success was something that happened later.
After the validation.
After the big numbers and virality.
After the work had been “perfected.”
So I kept holding back.
I told myself I needed to refine things just a little more.
I needed to be sure it was good enough, or it was the right moment.
But in a way... I wasn’t waiting for 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 to be ready. I was waiting for 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 to feel ready.
And that moment never came.
Because no amount of tweaking, refining, or overthinking can prepare you for the feeling of putting something out there and realizing: "now, this in out in the world."
And yet, every single time I finally shared something, even when I felt like it wasn’t “there” yet, I felt like I moved forward.
Each time I hit publish, my work becomes real. It exists outside of me.
I guess that's what Rick Rubin meant.
Success isn’t some finish line far away. It’s not in the likes, the comments, or the virality.
Success happens the moment you let your work go public, give it a chance to find its people, to do what it was meant to do.
Of course, not everything I’ve made and shared has been great. (looking at you, YouTube videos ^_^)
I’ve gotten better and grown. And helped at least one person, hopefully.
That’s the real win.
So if you’ve been sitting on something, waiting for the "perfect” moment (that never happens), put it out there.
Let it be messy. Let it be unfinished. Let it exist.
Because the only reason you’ve learned from those ahead of you is that they pressed publish, despite their own uncertainties.
And now, by sharing your work, you’re doing the same for those coming up behind you.
Your success has already started 🚀
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The Work Isn’t Ready. Neither Are You. Share It Anyway.
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