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How Real Creators Stop Caring What Other People Think About Them

Or at least so it doesn’t affect creativity

Cal Axe
5 min readAug 21, 2021
Photo by Amos Bar-Zeev on Unsplash

Do other people’s thoughts about you prevent you from creating?

Are you afraid of appearing cringy?

Are you afraid of becoming the office fool?

How about sounding dumb?

I’m a part of Tom Kuegler’s 30 Day Sprint Challenge this month — a group of 40 All-Star creators handpicked by Tom to complete a single goal: Post on LinkedIn every day for 30 straight days.

Honestly, I’m humbled to be a part of the group. Why? Because three years ago I was terrified to film myself on camera, let alone post it for my peers to watch and critique.

I knew LinkedIn was a golden business opportunity, but I was so scared by what others might think about my content that I procrastinated posting for months and months.

The idea of placing my vulnerabilities on a platform for the world to judge overwhelmed my ego.

It’s a dilemma every creator, entrepreneur, and business leader must confront.

Let’s confront it now.

How to stop caring about other people’s thoughts is the wrong question.

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Cal Axe
Cal Axe

Written by Cal Axe

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