a cycle of fence-sitting, perfectionism, and never launching the thing that could change everything? In this episode, Kathryn explores a pattern she keeps seeing in her client sessions which is brilliant entrepreneurs who can see systems, connect dots, and synthesize multiple methodologies, but who won't put their work into the world because they're convinced it's not groundbreaking enough or will just add to the noise.BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER:Why the fear of not being "original enough" combined with the pressure to avoid mediocrity creates a paralyzing paradox that keeps you on the sidelines and how exposure to AI-generated sameness and cookie-cutter content formulas can make you cynical about your own work and hypersensitive to homogenization, leading you to dismiss your unique synthesis of ideas because you're filtering everything through a lens of "this has all been said before" even when your particular combination, perspective, and application is actually unprecedented in your specific way.The revolutionary concept of experimenting without attachment for 90 days, choosing something you have rigid, strongly-held beliefs about (like "social media doesn't work for me" or "this strategy isn't aligned") and committing to try it purely to see what happens, without setting goals, measuring follower counts, tracking engagement metrics, or creating any expectation about outcomes, because when you remove the attachment to results and the need for validation, you can finally see whether your "truth" about why something doesn't work is actually based on legitimate misalignment or on past evidence collected from attempts that were too short, too pressured, or too desperate for quick results.Why 90% of people don't stick with anything long enough to actually know if it works and how we typically hit the discomfort zone around the two-week mark when we're not getting the response, recognition, or validation we expected, which triggers us to create beliefs like "this isn't working" or "this is a waste of time," when the real issue is that we're so attached to needing certainty, needing things to work quickly, and needing the external validation of likes, views, and immediate client signups that we abandon ship before we have any real data about whether the strategy itself is flawed or whether we just didn't give it enough time to gain traction.How to identify the difference between genuine misalignment and the subtle need for external validation lurking beneath your "aligned" business decisions even when you intellectually know you don't need likes or views to validate your worth, there may still be a very subtle but present need for being seen, being recognized, being valued that's influencing your choices, and the way to discover this is through experimentation that strips away the pressure to perform, the expectation of outcomes, and the attachment to results, allowing you to observe your own emotional tracking and notice what comes up when you post something that gets zero engagement or when you try something that doesn't immediately produce the success you hoped for.And while you’re here, follow us on Instagram @creativelyowned for more daily inspiration on effortlessly attracting the most aligned clients without spending hours marketing your business or chasing clients. Also, make sure to tag me in your stories @creativelyowned.To get Wispr Flow the crazy handy voice-to-text AI that turns speech into clear, polished writing in every app. click here.Selling the Invisible: Exactly how to articulate the value of your cosmic genius even if your message transcends the typical “10k months” & “Make 6-figures” types of promises. Free on-demand

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