Authentic Obsessions

Aaron Boyd - Empathy

Episode Summary

Aaron Boyd has illustrated over 40 children’s books working mostly in old school watercolor. Aaron talks about the challenge of maintaining internal honesty and says that so often our fear pushes us away from our internal voice and toward security and that his greatest successes in life have been when he’s faced the fear and listened to that voice. You will want to add this quote of his to your arsenal: “Fear no longer gets a vote.”

Episode Notes

Takeaways

1. There’s a real strength in knowing your weakness.

2. What I learned in art school taught me to expand my vision and self-critique.

3. Fear no longer gets a vote.

4. So often our fear pushes us away from our internal voice and toward security and what might be an argument.  My greatest successes in life have been when I’ve faced the fear and listened to that voice. 

5. “Get in the short lines first.” - Gary Kelly

6. “There's no such thing as a no-win scenario there's always a way to make it work.“ - Captain Kirk

7. “Success is 99% failure.” - Thomas Edison

8. “A 10 year old can't sing a love song.” - Smokey Robinson

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