waxing philosophical with Dr. Jarvie
I'm a believer in the theory that a person should not hold back when they have something awesome to share/give.
Perhaps sometimes appropriate strategy dictates the timing…
but to delay your awesomeness or slow the pace (in whatever field or interaction in life) because you worry you won't have a good follow-up later or to delay because you don't want to give out your best and then be left high and dry is sad.
Photography
Are you holding some good content back because you feel you are in a state of scarcity?
I think you share your best RIGHT NOW and then you can step it up and do something even better tomorrow.
Stopping calculating and start living… start challenging yourself.
IT HOLDS TRUE WHEN…
Any correct principle should hold true in other areas of life.
Such as giving your best effort in sports.
(Not waiting for the distant moment when you'll try your hardest)
Do we hold back in doing awesome things in relationships because we don't want to do too much good all at once for worries we won't have more to give after that? #sad
Don't say "I only have so much love to give" and start saying "I will give all the love I know how to give right here and now… and I will be more capable of giving more tomorrow"
You give purely and you give all and you do it right now to the best of your ability and you will only be more and more capable of more awesome later.
OVERALL
And remember it's not about the peaks and the brightest moments… it's about what that level of consistency looks like. I'm much more impressed by a whole life of "awesome" than a few moments of fame.
It's not about who can hit the longest homeruns but who can do it with most consistency and even in the toughest situations.
Again… Doing your best right now makes you more capable of more awesomeness to come
Holding back will only slow your progress… in anything… including photography.
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Yep sometimes I write posts without pictures.
yes! what a great post and reminder!
(despite not having a photo attached…
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Yep, this is a good read.
You're always so inspirational, +Scott Jarvie :) Making people happy always.
m'kay.
i want to share that i sometimes pick my nose.
wait.. is that an overShare?
hmmmmm..
+Scott Jarvie where do you come up with this kick-your-butt inspiration…. Damn!! Now I wanna post, post, post post!!!
no way kim! overSharing would be describing what you pulled out.
then again…i BET you could photograph it and make it look beautiful–in which case, it goes back to being okay.
Well i suppose it could have been more popular and more highly read with a picture attached… but I think I wanted the content to be king for this one. And not the picture.
In the end i'm happy that it made a few people think. The ones that committed time to read it. haha
+kimberly pemberton oh continue!!
+Ricardo Williams success!!
+kimberly pemberton … pics or it didn't happen… I mean, new pics or it didn't happen…
+Scott Jarvie ~ This is awesome. Right now. Thank you.
Now… to determine what wonderfulness to perform this evening…
Yes, yes and agree, agree. The best photo I will ever take…will be taken tomorrow. I so needed this post today – perfect timing for me, +Scott Jarvie. Thank you.
Updated:
Don't say "I only have so much love to give" and start saying "I will give all the love I know how to give right here and now… and I will be more capable of giving more tomorrow"
all together now… aaaaaaahhhhhwwwwwww
My concern is that I may share too often or too much.
I share my self always
Oh… no need to say that +Scott Jarvie the #DarkChocolate has an abundance of #Love —— Come get some!!!
I'm taking and posting pics most days. I do think my quality varies though and wonder whether I should not post the less awesome pics. Mind you, sometimes I've received a lot of positive feedback about a shot I'd considered not posting due to it's quality.
great reminder: thanks +Scott Jarvie
thanks Dr Jarvie!
Rolls over. Falls asleep on +Scott Jarvie's therapy couch.
+Brad Sloan , you mean his lap??
Well, I've heard he does like a good snuggle.
+Brad Sloan lets all have a snuggle hangout with +Scott Jarvie . He'd LOVE that.
*gets out a sharpie and colors on +Brad Sloan's face*
+Brad Sloan +Susan Marinello well that could work …
but I'm thinking I might only be able to accommodate one of you… and I'm not saying who it would be… but she would probably be pretty excited to be chosen.
+Scott Jarvie , thanks, needed to see this today.
+Scott Jarvie , super excited
+Susan Marinello for what?
+Scott Jarvie I am glad that I got to hang out with you in my pink bathrobe. But I hear you.
You are correct. And I am pleased to have read this post. I have been criticised for sharing my awesomeness or my awesome moments and for the first time it actually hurt me.
But today coming into G+, reading a couple of posts and now yours, I feel more resolute about just sticking to my own guns as I always have. I don't like playing ball with too many people and I certainly like doing things my way. But it means that toes are stepped on or mine are. I try to have a flexible ego where possible.
So I want to tell you that you are correct – not only that, what could be a person's best yesterday may not be, because they could come up with something better. Either we maintain or push to another level or even better move laterally to another point and go better from there.
Thank you +Scott Jarvie – you're the man!
Thanks for this, +Scott Jarvie