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1 - Elizabeth Gilbert on Fear, Authenticity and Big Magic

The Marie Forleo Podcast

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The Importance of Originality Over Authenticity

I loved the metaphor that you shared. It's like fear is going to be in the car. But it's not going to drive. Or choose the snacks or hold the map or touch the radio. Like fear doesn't get to make any decisions in creative ventures. And we've had 40,000 years of the arts and pretty much everything has been done. Even Shakespeare, half of his stories, he totally stole from older stories because there aren't that many new stories to tell.

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