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Rod Aparicio

Are you waiting for the big moment?

Published 15 days ago • 1 min read

Are you saving your BIG IDEA for when you have the big audience and everyone is waiting for what you have to say?

You're not alone.

This fear hits us all the time. You think that you'll "save" your big idea for when you're famous / recognized and don't want to "spend" it early in your journey.

But what if you're not spending your best ideas? What if you're refining them, live, with an audience?

Think of it like a song you just wrote. It sounds good in your head, but unless someone else listens to it, you won't know how good it is —or not— and what you could improve.

You think that if you repeat yourself, you'll get bored of it —or your readers will get bored of it. Or that there's not enough eyeballs.
Yet, how will they know of it?
Are they supposed to wait until you consider them "worthy" of what you have to say?

Share your music. Share your thoughts.

The ones who are NOW waiting for what you have to say care for you. Give back.

They'll appreciate it —and help you on the way.

Rod Aparicio

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