A teacher once said to me… “you’re too all over the place and need to learn how to focus.”

But it’s being all over the place that has allowed me to find my purpose, and it’s not being focused that has allowed me to push the boundaries of my creativity and do things I never thought I could (or would).

An editor once said to me… “a manuscript must be 65,000 words to count as a book.”

But I’ve written and published a dozen+ books, many of which are less than 20k words. Three of those under 20k-word books have hit #1 in my category on Amazon and sold thousands of copies.

“You should go to bed earlier, you look tired.” “You can’t do it that way.” “You should do it this way.” “You don’t really want that.” “You aren’t that kind of person.” “You don’t come from that kind of family.” “That’s not really right for you.”

Other people’s opinions. For your entire life, you’re inundated with them.

No matter who you are, how old you are, or what you do, know or achieve, there’s always someone somewhere who has something to say about it.

You’ve been taught that those opinions matter and that they matter greatly. More than your own.