Weekly-ish notes on navigating big change

Month: September 2014

The Adventures

Every day is an adventure. I share the view, the gratitude and the news  on Fridays – you’re invited to join in. You can find all my adventures here, or follow along via email here.

The view

This tree is one of my favorites & I wanted to catch it now, before it changes. Song of the run: I Believe In a Thing Called Love by The Darkness #foundwhilerunning #taralovesmorningsMy best amigo endures the sombrero. #becauseJayisthebest
Jay made delicious #vegan tacos, with red cabbage slaw. #whatveganseat #becausejayisthebest
Loove the architecture in downtown Asheville. Even better: the people! Insta-friend @carolinspinner came to tonight's class and made it that much better! (Her biz is gonna ROCK.) (The picture isn't crooked, the hill is that steep.) #avl #taralovesadvent
Teaching at Haywood Community College tonight, so I drove over to Asheville early for a solo-adventure day. First up: haircut, followed by coffee & pancakes & soysage. #avleats

I am so grateful for…

  • An easy and engaging class (Pricing 101) at a local community college
  • Making new friends with awesome students
  • A fantastic birthday celebration for my love

The Finds:

I’m reading:

I’m eating:

  • Tacos with red cabbage slaw (no recipe, just saute up some filling, and douse your red cabbage/kale mixture in apple cider vinegar, oil, salt, pepper)
  • Tempeh Chili con frioles

In case you missed it: 

  • Monday I was interviewed by Michele Schism on her radio show! Listen in here (I join the call at the 30 minute mark)
  • I updated my Live Workshops page with dates in Spruce Pine, NC and Ventura, CA (Craftcation!)
  • Today is the LAST day to help me out by voting for my panels at SXSW. Please vote here and here.

What adventures have you had?

 

Fear of Success {PODCAST}

Fear of Success

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Last week a Captain asked me about how to deal with Fear of Success.

First: What is it? Once you've identified what you're really afraid of (hint: it's probably not “success”), how do you overcome it? That's what we'll cover today.

In my experience working with creatives, what looks like “fear of success” is usually a fear of something else:

  • Fear that you need to have the kind of “success” other people want … which doesn't appeal to you at all.
  • Fear that you'll change into something you don't like
  • Fear of being seen, noticed, paid attention to
  • Fear of being overwhelmed
  • Fear of disappointing others (when you're so overwhelmed you can't fulfill expectations)
  • Fear you can't handle it
  • Fear of being “found out” for being not good enough (ie, Imposter syndrome)

What are you really afraid of?

We'll discuss these fears and how to create the kind of business success you want, even while feeling the fear.

 

How to listen

  • You can subscribe to it on iTunes (If you do, leave a review!)
  • You can listen to it using the player above or download it.
  • Subscribe or listen via Stitcher (or subscribe in whatever you use for podcasts – just search “Explore Your Enthusiasm” and it should pop up!).

Find all the podcast episodes here.

 

 

What I’m Reading: September 2014

I follow my enthusiasm by reading…a lot. And once a month, I share (some of) the books I read last month and the books I intend to read this month. You can join the informal book club by sharing your own list in the comments and find all the posts here.
What I'm reading in September.

 

What I read

  • The Know-It-All, by A.J. Jacobs. A fact-filled recounting of the author's read-through of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Read it (and put his other books on my list) at the recommendation of Elise.
  • Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood Blonde, by Jennie Garth. Don't judge. I grew up on summers full of 90210 and can't resist a biography…especially by a fellow blonde.
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (still reading it, actually).

Umm…and that's it. Apparently my reading time takes a dive in the summer with all the road trips and my increased crafting. (Baseball season = crafting season).

What I’m reading

Still obsessed with…

I got obsessed with the idea of reading the Great Books – you know, the books that have formed the foundation of our culture, that teach us something about ourselves…those books that everyone else read in high school and college that I missed. You can see my list of 101 Great Books here (some of which I’ve read, thank goodness!).

But now – what the heck should I do with this list now? Read through it in a year? Read one a month? Where would you begin? Some of readers said that if I started a Great Books read-along, they'd join in. What about you? Is this something you’d want to read on the blog (once a month) or follow along on Facebook?

 

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