Your real work begins the moment you stop asking for permission.

Let me be clear: Doing your work is not the same as going to work.

Your work is personal.
It matters more—and costs more.
It’s the thing only you can give the world.

Let me be clear again: permission is the obstacle.

It’s the invisible barrier most people never question.
We wait for someone to notice us. To pick us.
To validate our idea, our calling, our gut instinct.

But that moment rarely comes.

The truth is—and no one tell...

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Walt Disney wasn’t born into success. He wasn’t handed credibility. And he definitely wasn’t told, “You've got our blessing.”

He was reportedly fired from The Kansas City Star for not being creative enough.

He created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit—only to have the rights stolen and his animation team gutted.

That betrayal? It led directly to the birth of Mickey Mouse. And, again, when he pitched this new idea—a talking mouse with heart—he was told it wouldn’t work.

When he dreamed of Di...

 Just because we want something to be true doesn’t make it so.

Too many of us are holding on.

To an outcome we expected.
To a system that used to work.
To the belief that if management just got it, if the coach just saw us, if the market just settled down, things would be different.

At some point, we have to stop.

Stop arguing with reality.
Stop defending the past.
Stop waiting for someone else to fix it.

The truth is, isolation basketball ruled—until ball movement won championships.
Sears ...