A common thread I tend to hear when talking to my creative friends, is a sense of ignorance they have when explaining their goals or desires. It's almost as if they disregard the real implications of their ambition and ignore all the risks and hurdles they may experience. However It's not the sort of ignorance that leads to problems, It's actually the exact opposite. I think there is two very clear types of people, those that see the path in front of them, and those that see the mountain peak on the horizon. Both have the exact same goals, the same desire, and even the same plan to get to that destination. But the one who sees the peak, has a sort of ignorance that allows them to look past the work in front of them and focus purely on the step they need to take right now, in order to summit the mountain. I think that's a quality you have to have in order to tackle any serious task, you have to have a child like ignorance about you, the same way a five year old might exclaim that he wants to be an astronaut one day. That child has absolutely no idea what lies in front of him, the tens of thousands of hours of work, the risk, the luck. But none of those things impact his desire, and his belief in himself, and so, taking that first step, no matter how small and insignificant that first step may be in the grand scheme of the entire journey. Taking it becomes alot easier when your only focus is the end result. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode

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