Staying 'private' is just fear in disguise

I have a friend who regularly hikes and camps but never shares his adventures online.

He tells me that online privacy is important to him. And I totally get that.

But at the same time, he struggles financially, and I just know he could make at least a side business by simply sharing more about the cool stuff he gets up to.

Everyone, no matter how seemingly mundane their life is, has interesting things to share online.

Could be cooking. The books they love. The observations about people they have. Their pets. It could even be talking about the TV shows they binge.

All of this could be a business. Or simply creating an online following around your passions for the sense of contribution and community this creates for you.

When I see my friend talking about 'privacy,' I see it more as a form of fear.

Fear they'll look goofy on the Internet.

It's rarely about privacy, because you can curate how you present your stuff. You don't need to talk about your childhood traumas in a hiking video if you don't want to.

It's usually not a time issue, either.

My mate is constantly sending me memes on WhatsApp when he could be editing and publishing films of his trips. It annoys me because I can see what they're really doing.

Not sharing more of your passions when you know the opportunity is there is a form of self-censorship.

This is what I can't tolerate seeing in the world.

I've spent years helping people stop doing this through courses, writing, and now fiction stories.

That's my thing. Helping people express their voice.

So I use my passion for writing articles and fiction stories as an opportunity to be on my purpose. Just as my friend can use his interest for the outdoors to express himself while making money.

You may be doing it too. Maybe not with hiking videos. But somewhere in your life, you're holding back what you could be sharing with the world.

The question isn't whether you have something worth sharing. You do. The question is, what are you actually trying to solve by sharing it?

Knowing your wider purpose makes sharing content no longer a 'thing some people do.'

It becomes a necessity.

If you're unclear about what you can best help people with through your passions, that's precisely what the Purpose Statement System course I made is for.

It helps you identify what you genuinely care about fixing in the world, then shows you how to build around that.

For me, it's self-censorship. For you, it might be something completely different.

But once you know what it is, everything becomes clearer. What to create, who to help and how to help. The course guides you through all that.

My Purpose Statement System promo ends tomorrow (Saturday, January 10th) at 3pm ET.

It's $87, down from $197, as part of a special promotion. After tomorrow, it won't be available again for weeks.

Get the Purpose Statement System here.

Peace out,

Alex