Lindsey Smith argues that entrepreneurs and creators should follow their intuition and joy instead of chasing trends like everyone else. She shares examples of clients who trusted their hunches and exceeded expectations, saying that visible enthusiasm amplifies impact. Try the idea that excites you, learn from it, and move on if it fails, but at least you listened to yourself.
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I think it would be to follow the joy. You know, I think a lot of times I said this a little bit, but I think a lot of times we think I need to do what makes sense, right? Like, oh, all these people are doing courses. I need to create a course, but that doesn't maybe feel joyful to me for whatever reason. And even if it seems a little off the wall, like I can just think of so many examples of people that we worked with when they follow that joy or that hunch or that inkling, even if it doesn't seem like quote unquote the business thing to do. I just, the results have always been amazing when you just listen to that intuitive guide, that intuition, that nudge that's like, okay, this isn't the businessy thing that I thought, but it's really what I'm feeling right now. I think Again, it comes back to the energy. It's because if you're tapped into it, if you're into it, people are going to recognize that. And what I find is it's usually greater than you ever even imagined. So that would be my advice is to really listen to that, follow that joy and don't necessarily be afraid of it. Let it guide you and see what happens. I mean, the thing is you can always try. You know, if it doesn't work, Okay, you can move on, but at least you listened to that, that nudge, and, and now you know, you know, now you know.