Start Before You’re Ready: Creative Courage and the Power of Experimentation (Part 8)

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of starting creative projects before feeling fully prepared and the courage to experiment.

Today's lesson (#8 in my 10-part series called "What My Mama Taught Me: 10 Life Lessons on Compassion, Creativity, and Courage”) is about starting before you are ready and having the courage to experiment and pursue the creative projects that interest you. Whenever I begin something new, I tend to research it thoroughly. But there comes a point when learning has to give way to doing. That’s where I found myself with audiobook narration. After nearly a year of coaching, I was told I was ready ...

People in this episode

Host: Jill Hodge

Topics covered

• creative courage
• experimentation
• personal growth
• audiobook narration
• life lessons
• compassion

Keywords

• creative projects
• courage
• experimentation
• audiobook
• personal development
• life lessons

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