What You Don’t Know

[Imposter - III]

If you write, create, build, achieve what you know, over time, you are an authority on that thing. Your body of work is a reflection of your mastery of the subject. People will praise your commitment to the company or the field. There are accolades for that. Even acceptance speeches. And your retirement party will be well-attended.

What if you write what you don’t know but only have a hunch about? What if you create what you have never seen but your intuition urges? What if you build only what you—your truest self, what we might call your soul—can dream?

The former is known. That latter is unknown.
The former is controlled. The latter is out of control.
The former is normal. The latter is abnormal.
The former is real. The latter is surreal.

Every known, controlled, normative thing was once an unknown, abnormal, surreal idea.

And the person who dared to imagine it was crazy. Was a threat. Was an imposter.

Keep reaching for the unknown.