The first point made involves creativity. Who has it and who doesn't? Guess what the answer is. The answer is: we all have it. Seth says "the only thing prevent[ing] your creativity from showing up is fear." Hmmm... are you afraid? Afraid of failure or success?

Further on, Gretchen discusses translating "big ideas into practical actions." This is a hard thing to embrace. Most people are able to think up the "big idea"...but few are able to create the practical action for it. Seth says, "...I think setting out to do something small is easier and more likely to work. Small as in human, transparent and connected. Small as in 'worth doing' but also 'worth failing at.' "

Hmmm... what small idea can you think up, today? And make "worth doing" as well as "worth failing at." Maybe it's just a phone call, or a walk around the block. Maybe it's implementing that newsletter you've created but never done anything with. Maybe it's emailing 25 friends and colleagues to ask how they're doing and if there is anything you can do, this month, to help? Maybe it's stepping out of your comfort zone and not caring if you fall.

Because even if you fall...I promise, the ground will still be beneath you and you can get back up and try again.

Seth says, "The world wants you to be a faceless, replaceable cog in the vast machinery of production--but if you choose, and you work at it, you can become the sort of person we really need, an indispensable linchpin, a person who matters."

I say, you are a person who matters. I say, you are a linchpin. You just need to step back, look at the big picture and figure out WHERE in the vast machinery of life your linchpin fits. And then, make it stick. Don't let anyone remove it. And be proud as it keeps the right machine moving in the right direction.