No one speaks honestly

Most people have no idea how much they say what they don’t really mean.

We do this to ‘save face.’

We do it to avoid being disliked by Nancy in HR.

We sugarcoat the real truth because we have this precious ego we assume needs protecting because it hurts when we open ourselves to scrutiny.

What took me years to realise was that the more we do this, the deader we feel inside.

It’s that kind of underlying malaise we can’t quite put our finger on.

I just feel a bit ‘bleagh’. We think.

…Without realising we’ve been white lying through our teeth half our lives.

. . .

One day, I got tired of this hollow feeling.

My writing sucked.

No one was reading my shit.

So, mainly out of frustration, I just decided to let loose.

I wrote an article about my true feelings.

I wrote about how I hated school and that I had the worst anxiety growing up and that I spent half my life worrying about being disliked.

It was scary, but at the same time I felt this new little buzz behind my right ear that was new to me.

It felt kinda good.

In fact, by the time I hit send, I hadn’t felt that alive since that time I got stuck in a cave in Wales.

If you feel stuck, it’s usually a sign you’re not expressing your real, raw self enough.

Whether you write, make podcasts, create videos or coach people, now’s your time to exercise your RAW YOU muscle.

Don’t hide in the shadows.

Learn to tell it like it is.

Be intolerant to the bullcrap most spew to make themselves look good.

You’re not like most people.

Show the world who you are.

It’s a practice. Test your boundaries step-by-step.

Don’t forget:

To create is to be human.

For those of you who know and read my emails, you probably know what’s coming next.

I’m going to shamelessly promote my flagship writing course Online Writing Alchemy.

I do this because I know that if you want to write better than 99% of writers (who are mostly writing with lifeless AI anyway), you want this course.

Sure, it’s not so cheap.

But what is a loyal audience who love your words and buy your stuff for decades worth to you?

Learn more about it here before the price goes up.

Toodles,

Alex