Aren't we all ghostwriters?

Stop ghosting yourself

I've been a ghostwriter my entire career, even when not working with words. 

So it's been very easy for me to back up other people's ideas. Or to make my ideas their ideas. Pitch the best creative juice from my brain so they can use it for their business. If it works out, great.

If it doesn't work out, the fall would not be mine to take.

With time, I noticed it's so easy for me to advise people, see where they are struggling, give them words of wisdom, but when I see myself in that same situation, I back out, not knowing what to do.

I've been ghostwriting my entire life, by offering others to take my ideas and run with them, while I sit in the corner cheering them on, and genuinely happy, but wondering why I can't do this for myself.

And when I have the courage enough to start on my own, if someone else comes with their great project idea, I will leave all my stuff behind and put them into my priority list. Because, of course, their idea is better than mine. Right?!

But I don't want to be a ghost anymore. I want to take credit for my ideas, instead of giving them to others. It's time for this ghost to say goodbye.

I want to get comfortable taking responsibilities when my ideas miss the mark, because I know the next step is getting them right. 

I've been slowly exorcising this ghost away, for years. 

And here is where the work gets hard. 

When you spend so long working backstage, it takes time to believe your ideas deserve the spotlight.