Create More. Minimize Less.

What does a great life look like to you?

• Spending quality time with loved ones?
• Making meaningful contributions to causes you care about?
• Creating great works of art, design, or technology?
• Leading others in a challenging quest?

Take a moment to imagine your own version.

Chances are good that your vision is rooted in hope, inspiration, love, creativity and generosity.

Unfortunately, in building this future we run into the difficulties of everyday life, which can foster fear in lots of ways.  And we end up worrying about 

• Minimizing risk
• Minimizing expenses
• Minimizing mistakes
• Minimizing embarrassment

This minimization can be useful. But it’s a means, not the end goal.   And too much emphasis on it can create a downward spiral focused on spotting problems, instead of seeing new possibilities. 

With a new calendar year about to begin, it might be useful to ask yourself: 

• What fear would I like to listen to less this year?
• What trait would I like to honor more?  (courage, resilience, humility, etc.)
• How can I make this year even more about creating the life I want, and less about minimizing trouble?

The point of life is not to minimize the bad.  The point of life is to make a great life.