Shut Up and Do Something: Two Steps to Stop Feeling Stuck

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Chase Jarvis

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🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we're talking about the power of action and how it can transform your creative life. It might start with something you least expect: complaining.

Complaining is easy. It's a default mode that requires little effort. But it's also a vortex that sucks in energy, creativity, and time – resources that could be better spent on creating something meaningful. When we complain, we're focusing on problems, not solutions. We're stuck in a loop of negativity that offers no real progress.

In this episode, we'll cover:

The trap of complaining and its impact on our mindset
Practical strategies to overcome common complaints
The power of action in shifting our focus and solving problems
Inspiring examples of taking action in creative pursuits
The ripple effect of action and its influence on others

Enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome today's micro show. It's Chase. I found something out about myself the day that
0:09.3	it was this insidious little thing that had crawled into my brain. I found myself complaining.
0:16.5	And I was like, I'm just not generally a complainer, but you know what? I started complaining
0:21.1	and I was like, what am I doing? We all complained too much, I think. It made me start paying
0:25.3	attention to it from about the weather, not having enough time, or you have some complaint
0:31.9	for too many things. It's just something we don't like. But here's the thing about complaining.
0:36.7	It actually does not help.
0:39.0	It makes everything worse.
0:41.0	It makes you feel helpless.
0:42.3	It leads to a negative outlook.
0:44.2	It's like, it's y'ch.
0:46.2	And the other thing that I don't like about complaining is it's just too easy, right?
0:49.3	It's not like the, I think that's probably why we default to it sometimes when we're in a headspace that's not
0:55.6	serving us.
0:56.6	It's just like the just fall into this little rut of complaining.
1:00.3	It's easy.
1:00.8	It can be a default mode.
1:02.5	It doesn't require any effort.
1:03.9	But what I realized in this little moment and that made me want to create today's show is
1:08.6	this is like the worst vortex right it sucks energy it sucks
1:12.8	creativity it even actually wastes time and all of these resources are resources that are
1:19.0	better spent on something else and ideally something you know creative i realize that when i
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