TEM315: How Bill Walton Gave the World Courage

The world lost a real one yesterday. Bill Walton was not just a basketball superstar. He was one of the biggest music fans in the world and lived his life with an out loud passion that was contagious.

​TEM315 is about how he gave the world courage and how we can best utilize that as the creators of music that he idolized.

When I see people acting courageously I can’t help but be more courageous myself. As a result, every act of courage I witness is a gift to me.

Thank you, Bill. You were one of one and a real one.

The Doubt Never Goes Away, No Matter How Succesful You Are

“Dear Writer,

The doubt never goes away, no matter how successful you are. So why not write anyway?

Signed,
Your Future Readers”

—#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author Angie Thomas

What a generous thing for Angie Thomas to say.

We can all fall into the trap of thinking that the doubt we feel is because we aren't good enough or because our work isn't good enough.

But the truth is that we have doubt because literally everyone has doubt at times - and that especially goes for anyone brave enough to make something and then share it with the world.

When an author who has received the kind of professional validation that Angie Thomas has goes on record as saying that her doubt never goes away it is empowering for the rest of us.

So why not write anyways!

And I love the fact that she has this quote coming from "your future readers."

If we let the doubt win, and we don't make the thing (or worse yet, make it and then are too scared to share it!) then we have no "future readers."

So here's to having the courage to tell the doubt to get lost and to simply keep making our art!

The world needs it now more than ever.