Overcoming fear

Building a website nowadays might not be a big deal for many, but it certainly felt huge when I did it for myself. The learning curve was steep, even for a marketer such as myself, who’s been working with websites for decades. Because lacking technical support is scary, to say the least. And that’s before mentioning additional factors such as imposter syndrome, doubt, and fear of failing, which complicate things further.

Once the website was ready, externalities started to materialise. In my case, the realisation that Al already makes the purpose of my site - Your go-to guides for career advancement and upskilling - totally redundant. People don't need my resources or summaries of courses and books. We all can ask ChatGPT or any similar generative language model to give us an accurate summary of the content and main takeaways. And we can then decide if it is worth our time. And we have Blinkist for book summaries, even if I am unsure of the tech they use.

Now cue the feeling of total pointlessness. And add the feeling of wasted time. And creeping doubt. And feeling quite redundant. Thank you, technology, you are a great bully.

Or should I say - thank you, resistance…

I have heard those same fears repeated by many friends and colleagues and I’ve always encouraged them to embrace technology, not fear it. I encourage them to stop belittling themselves and their creative and unique voice. And there I was, crumbling under the very same negative self-talk and made-up doom and gloom.

But I persevered and this website is my space now. My safe space on the Internet, where I choose to cheer myself on and take my own advice.

I will leverage Al for my work. And share the human a-ha moments and applications that our digital companions cannot yet provide. That I can promise. Because I know my why and it is to inspire people so that we don't settle.

Stay inspired. Keep inspiring.