A few days ago I had lunch with some folks at Microsoft. You wouldn’t think this is a big deal to me (I’ve worked at Microsoft for ~2 years), but the caliber of people I was meeting with and the reason we were meeting gave me some butterflies.
I wasn’t quite freaking out, but you get the point.
In addition to that, I just released a book (and even put it up on Amazon, but don’t buy it there). I’m also working on an ambitious software product with an absolutely insane deadline, and a blog on a company’s website to go with it. In a few weeks, I’ll also be working to take on a new client.
The point I’m trying to make isn’t that I’m busy, though I do like being busy.
I want to point out that I’m not actually superhuman. Doing these things scares the figurative crap out of me.
I’m going to spend the rest of my time with you today arguing that, if you’re not, you should start doing things that scare you too.
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