Leverage Past Work
There's Value In Revisiting What You Already Created
Was discussing with a friend how to get my writing out there more and they replied:
“You have so much content from the past years that the majority of your network has never seen or interacted with. Bring it to life in a new way.”
Historically, I have held on to the idea of… “anything you share has to be of the moment Jamie.”
But their feedback got me thinking and wow, there’s so many things I can remix and create new with.
While looking back for a few things I had forgotten about, I came across this quote from Steve Magness’s, ‘Do Hard Things’ that has a timelessness quality to it for me.
We move forward, sometimes take some steps back, and in those moments can benefit from a little boost from the past to re-calibrate and move forward again.
"Confidence doesn't come from doing the work out of fear or neuroticism - to practice because you are afraid to lose or fail. When fear drives the motivational ship, then insecurity pervades. When the work is done in the name of getting better, of enjoying the process, of searching for mastery of the craft, then confidence gradually grows.
A feeling that "I've been here before, I'm prepared for this challenge." It's the writer who shows up at his desk every day and writes. The dancer who spends countless hours perfecting her routine. The executive who game-planned just about every scenario possible.
The result might not always end up as hoped for, but doing the work provides a secure confidence founded in something concrete."
Even if I don’t do anything with all the past content and writing externally, I think it’s at least a huge benefit for me to reconnect to some of the ideas and thinking I have took meaning from previously.
Have a great rest of the week.
Jamie
