I think it was author Seth Godin, someone whose works I always look up to.
They are very inspirational and they sort of provoke you.
Don't read Seth Godin's book before you have to go to bed at night!
Because his books really challenge yourself, limiting beliefs.
You'll always be, at least my mind is always, flooded with new ideas about 'What I should be doing!'
So I read in one of Seth's book I don't remember exactly which one.
About the 'LIZARD BRAIN'
Seth talks about his friend, Steven Pressfield, who wrote a book called 'The War of Art.'
We've all read 'the art of war' but Steven Pressfield's book from which Seth is borrowing this concept of..
The lizard brain, is a book that I think everyone who's engaged in any sort of creative work should read that book.
It is called the the war of art.
Which basically says that, there's a part of our brain..
This whole concept of the lizard brain that I've shared with audiences, across the world..
With youngsters at the United Nations youth conferences and other places is that..
There's a part of our brain which is called the lizard brain.
Which is perhaps, one of your biggest enemies in unleashing your gifts to the world.
In becoming who you possibly can become!
And in contributing what you can contribute to the world.
Your biggest challenge, your biggest enemy is not something external..
It's not the lack of resources, or training, or all the other excuses, that we like to come up with.
It is resistance!
What Steven Pressfield calls 'resistance'. And what Seth Gordon called the 'lizard brain'!
Part of your brain which wants you to be comfortable, safe and secure..
Does not like to be embarrassed, or being in situations, potentially which can lead to embarrassing outcomes.
Therefore hates taking risks, hates taking initiative.
And is the single biggest killer of dreams for talented people out there.
I don't know who said this, but these are wonderful words.
'We all have great ideas in the shower, but it's a person who dries off, and comes outside of the shower, and does something about those ideas.'
Those are the people who are gonna change the world.
I think Steve Jobs said it beautifully, 'The crazy ones, the ones who believe that they can change the world, are the ones who do!'
The crazy people out there, who are not concerned about failure or embarrassment because they all take it as a part of a learning journey.
So, I'd like to speak a little bit to this lizard brain, part of you.
How many times in your lives have you had a wonderful idea, a new business plan or something that
could have potentially made a huge impact, in the way your life has shaped out so far.
How many times, have you executed it?
How many times have you let it go or disappear or talked yourself out of it?
If you allow your lizard brain to dictate your life..
Every time you have a new idea, give it a few minutes, and the lizard brain is going to convince you that this is the worst idea you ever had in your life !
So here's my tip. Take action on your ideas!
Take that first step.
You don't have to go all the way. It just take the first step.
Just gain that momentum. It need not be perfect.
It may fail, it may backfire. But that's okay
At least you tried something new!
A famous Canadian ice hockey player, Wayne Gretzky said it beautifully when he said..
'You missed a 100 percent of the shots that you do not take!'
The same applies to our lives, ladies and gentlemen.
We miss a 100 percent of the shots that we do not take.
All those ideas, all those suggestions, all those business plans, the books, the everything inside you..
That appears in a flash of inspiration, but just because you are not able to take that first step..
You allow the lizard brain to rule your life and to talk you out of it.
So, I don't think it's people with better ideas who move forward in life..
I think these are the people with average ideas but better execution!
Ideation is easy, execution is the hard part!
Tune your life, train your brain, discipline yourself, to execute more.
It may not be the perfect attempt.
Other people may laugh at you.
You may miserably fail.
But I think your life, your experience, your skills will all the more be better, due to that experience.
So kill the lizard, and take action towards your dreams!
Thank you!