Brandon Holmes: Less an existential crisis than helping to build up more confidence around setting deliberate goals that rely on an external gatekeeper for approval. I'd like to feel more confidence around this type of goal setting without worrying I'm going to beat myself up if they fail.

• Reframe fear by anchoring to the process, not outcomes, knowing growth, learning, and connection still happen.
• Ask whether you are okay not trying, because that question shifts everything from doubt and paralysis into how you move forward.
• Separate “what am I doing” from “how am I doing it,” and notice confidence grows once you stop questioning purpose and start refining execution.
• Review and reflect by asking what worked, what didn’t, and what to change next, without deciding the work was pointless.
• When you start to be fearful, consider the alternative of not trying and regretting it later on.
• Think about the people on the other end of your finished product on how it will impact them.

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