I heard a podcast with @jennakutcher the other day. She gave great advice about inner dialogue being our worst enemy. She shared a tip about growing social channels organically - specifically Instagram - and said that she forced herself to show her face in photos every day for 30 days. Kutcher explains that her audience almost tripled in that time. If you’ve followed me for an extended period, you know that I rarely show my face in photos. I’ve popped up more frequently over the past year, but for the first eight years of this journey, I NEVER showed my face. Why? I looked too fat, too old, too tired, my beard looked stupid, my hair was too long, my hair was too short, my nose looked punched in, my eyes were bloodshot…I’ll stop. You get the point. Unless you tell the voice inside your head to fuck off, your inner dialogue will keep you from doing millions of things in this life. Yesterday, I posted a photo of my face. Here’s one for today. I’m going to do it again tomorrow. I’m aiming for 30 straight days. A few of the photos will involve notes. Most will not. Some images will be at the worst moment of the day. Hopefully, the good moments outnumber the bad. I took this photo of my run tonight. Usually, I’m an AM runner, so I only get to see the giant fireball rise. Tonight, I got to watch it during quitting time. I’ve got my challenge. Now, what’s your challenge going to be? What does the inner voice always talk you out of doing? It’s time to shut that voice up for good. - #motivation #faceoff #nofilter #sunset #eveningrun #runner #runningman (at New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Akq3Sgw8H/?igshid=ibhrw5ir2x5l