Last week, I wrote a fictional story for this newsletter. Aside from a few startup pitch decks with optimistic projections, this was my first fiction since high school.

Writing fiction was hard. I couldn’t rely on historical happenings and real-world personalities to guide me. I worried that people would dislike my work. Visions of unsubscribes filled my head as I ploddingly invented characters and dialogue.

But I had to go for it….because that’s what I do now. I listen to invitations from the Universe and say Yes.

Over the past few weeks, I have been in “Default Yes” mode when interesting—and especially fear-inducing—opportunities come to me.

I want to share three examples below…and invite you to join me in this next chapter of self-discovery…

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