Audacity Will Change Your Life. — Transcript

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1. 0:00An idiot in motion will go further than
2. 0:02a genius at rest. I recently saw this
3. 0:05quote while doom scrolling and it
4. 0:06stopped me in my tracks because the more
5. 0:08I thought about it, the more I realized
6. 0:10it was true. I started thinking about it
7. 0:12in terms of audacity and it made even
8. 0:14more sense because someone can have a
9. 0:16crazy amount of talent but never do much
10. 0:18with it if they don't respect or
11. 0:20recognize their own worth. I'm sure
12. 0:22you've also thought this about some
13. 0:23people who may seem to be less talented
14. 0:25than you at a certain skill but are
15. 0:27publicly excelling and gaining a lot of
16. 0:29recognition for it because they decided
17. 0:31to put themselves out there and act on
18. 0:33their ambitions. Sometimes you might
19. 0:35think things like, "I'm way better at
20. 0:37singing or drawing or directing or
21. 0:39skating or speaking than them. So, why
22. 0:41am I not getting the same opportunities
23. 0:43if not more?" And after studying the
24. 0:46mindset and thought patterns of a lot of
25. 0:48successful actors, musicians, and
26. 0:50artists, true long-term growth seems to
27. 0:52start from an unwavering self-concept.
28. 0:55And by that, I mean having the courage
29. 0:57and resilience to continuously trust in
30. 0:59your own vision. The author of The
31. 1:01Artist's Way, Julia Cameron, also talks
32. 1:03about how audacity is more important in
33. 1:06succeeding as an artist than talent
34. 1:08because taking bold action and sharing
35. 1:10your work is what actually turns a
36. 1:12dreamer into a creator.
37. 1:17>> And my word of the year has been
38. 1:19audacity. It's not about talent cuz I
39. 1:22realized everybody has a talent.
40. 1:24Everybody has potential. Everybody has
41. 1:26some type of creative ability. Praise
42. 1:28God. That's you. What puts an artist
43. 1:30center stage, even Julia said it in the
44. 1:32book. What puts an artist center stage
45. 1:34is not talent, it is audacity. The only
46. 1:36thing that I really feel like I have is
47. 1:38my talent, my skill, and my audacity.
48. 1:41And that is going to be the thing that
49. 1:43I'm going to let guide me through this.
50. 1:45God, audacity, and my talent.
51. 1:47>> In my lived experience, I've learned
52. 1:49that audacity will get you farther than
53. 1:51talent alone ever will. A lot of
54. 1:53talented people, especially artists or
55. 1:55creatives, have huge dreams of creating
56. 1:57their best works and sharing them with
57. 1:59the world, but end up feeling stuck or
58. 2:01overthinking to the point of not
59. 2:02creating anything or spreading
60. 2:04themselves too thin across too many
61. 2:06projects and never finishing any of
62. 2:08them. For the longest time, I've had
63. 2:09older mentors or even strangers
64. 2:11compliment me on how talented I am or
65. 2:14how I have a gift of art making, but it
66. 2:16took me a long time to understand that
67. 2:18growth requires action. And the next
68. 2:20step is actually having the audacity to
69. 2:22invest in yourself and have the courage
70. 2:24to act on your ambitions and dreams.
71. 2:26Another way of saying this is being
72. 2:28delusional.
73. 2:29And if that works for you, that's great,
74. 2:31but sometimes trying to be delusional
75. 2:33still implies a sense of irrational
76. 2:35belief in oneself. So, I think a better
77. 2:38way of being delusional is simply by
78. 2:40recognizing that you can embody the
79. 2:41identity of your ideal self starting
80. 2:44right now without anybody's permission
81. 2:46and without having to wait for the right
82. 2:48time. Another reason to operate from a
83. 2:50place of audacity is because it helps
84. 2:52you persist and create in spite of
85. 2:55perfectionism and overthinking. A lot of
86. 2:57talented people are held back by the
87. 2:59need to make everything perfect before
88. 3:01releasing it out into the world. And of
89. 3:03course, all good things take time, but
90. 3:05it's healthy to be able to create things
91. 3:07without the fear of it being a perfect
92. 3:09masterpiece. Building up your audacity
93. 3:11is like training a muscle that will also
94. 3:14help build your tolerance for rejection.
95. 3:16You'll start to see failure or setbacks
96. 3:18as necessary steps in the process of
97. 3:20getting to where you want to be. Any
98. 3:22kind of change that you want to see
99. 3:24starts in the present moment. And that
100. 3:26is one of the most empowering things to
101. 3:28realize because you can constantly edit
102. 3:30and rewire your identity every day. I
103. 3:32hope that if anything, this video helps
104. 3:34to inspire you to trust in your creative
105. 3:36vision and to take action even when you
106. 3:38don't feel completely ready to believe
107. 3:40in your own work. Feel free to write
108. 3:42about what's been stopping you from
109. 3:44taking the next steps in the comments.
110. 3:46And I hope you'll join me on this
111. 3:47journey of finding the fun and joy in
112. 3:50creating again.