[RT Wolf]

I just spent about an hour reading through the article carefully and journalling about it. The biggest insights I wanted to share with you:

Steve talked about the standard model being "get a job and make money". Through Steve's help, I dropped the "get a job" part but left in the make money part. In this article he suggested you focus instead on expressing yourself through creation and authenticity, and deliver what you created to people to create value for them. Through that you make money.

It felt like a huge leap of faith for me. From Steve's perspective, perhaps focusing on money is a bit like holding onto a snake that keeps biting you. The more it bites you, the tighter you hold onto it. But, the snake in my hand is less scary than the "unknown". Of course, it isn't unknown after I've changed my belief to focus on creating and delivering value. But still, I wanted to point out that this feels like a leap to me. Ok, sure, focusing on money won't work that great in the long run but it seems to be working ok, while getting out there, trying my absolute best and trying to create and deliver value, just seems like a really different strategy and it seems like there's a good chance of failure. There is also a greater chance of success, too, I suppose.

So, I guess that's what it comes down to. Do I take the leap of faith, drop the snake, ignore money and focus on creating and delivering value (as I've started to do?) and just hope that I get value in return as money or keep doing what I've been doing and stay in my comfort zone?

I think it's pretty obvious that I must take the courageous choice. There may be greater failure there and at the beginning I just won't know what I'm doing. But I trust Steve and will take that leap of faith.

Besides, if this thing doesn't work in, say, 3-6 months, I should be able to pick up the snake again.

Thanks again, Steve. You've managed to cause another paradigm shift in me. Good work!