21 November 2019

How To Follow Your Dreams Without The Fear of Regret

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Explainer· 1

Explainer05:42

Why Gifted Business Owners Still Fail to Take Action

Jasmine observes that many business owners possess valuable skills, generous intentions, and ambitious ideas but remain inactive. Fear, doubt, criticism, and an internal voice questioning their legitimacy prevent those gifts from reaching other people.

Talent and good intentions do not automatically produce action.
Fear can coexist with a strong desire to contribute.
External critics and internal doubt reinforce each other.
Inaction prevents potentially valuable work from reaching others.

“They spend their days wanting, wishing desperately, hoping that they will make a difference, but yet they're unable to take action because of their fears,…”
Jasmine Star · 06:06

#entrepreneurship#fear#self-doubt#action

Story· 5

Story00:33

The Unexpected Text That Revealed a Book Waiting Inside

A text from Jasmine's podcast manager about dreaming that Jasmine had written a book triggered immediate recognition that she had something to write. The exchange illustrates how an external prompt can surface an ambition that has not yet become a formal plan.

A casual dream prompted a serious realization.
Jasmine felt the book already existed as an unrealized idea.
She had no book deal or active publisher discussions.
The central message emerged as "just do it."

“And as I read her text on the plane, I knew that there was a book inside of me.”
Jasmine Star · 01:06

“anything that you create has always existed inside of you and it's your job to bring it out in the world.”
Jasmine Star · 01:35

#creativity#writing#ambition#ideas

Story02:04

From a Childhood Australia Project to the Sydney Opera House

As a homeschooled nine-year-old, Jasmine built an entire semester of learning around Australia and declared that she would visit one day. Her mother affirmed the dream despite the family's financial hardship, and Jasmine eventually cried while sailing past the Sydney Opera House at age 27.

Jasmine's mother designed a curriculum around her curiosity.
The family had limited financial resources.
Her mother affirmed the ambition rather than narrowing it.
The childhood dream became a real experience 18 years later.

“My mom was the kind of person who said, yes you are.”
Jasmine Star · 03:22

“And when I was 27 years old on a ferry sailing past the Sydney opera house, I cried big fat tears.”
Jasmine Star · 03:27

#childhood#dreams#australia#parenting

Story06:30

What Depression Taught Jasmine About the Urgency of Living

Jasmine discusses experiencing depression, severe lows, and periods when getting out of bed felt extraordinarily difficult. With support from loved ones and professionals, she worked through those moments and emerged with a heightened awareness that no amount of future time is guaranteed.

Jasmine experienced depression and repeated low points.
Friends, family, and professional help supported her recovery.
Mortality awareness became a source of daily urgency.
The lesson is not to assume another year, week, or second is promised.

“I've gone through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.”
Jasmine Star · 06:36

“We are not guaranteed another month, another week. We are not guaranteed a single other second.”
Jasmine Star · 07:01

#depression#mortality#mental-health#urgency

Story07:50

The New Year's Eve Jasmine Prepared to Lose Her Mother

Minutes before 2005 began, Jasmine's family gathered around her mother's hospital bed after doctors advised them to make funeral arrangements. They wore party hats and continued hoping; years later, her mother was alive and making dinner plans after surviving brain cancer against the odds.

Doctors said chemotherapy was no longer working.
The family combined grief with deliberate hope.
Jasmine's mother ultimately survived the cancer.
Each additional year reinforces the brevity of life.

“The doctors told me, dad, that it was time for my family to make funeral arrangements, that my mother's brain cancer was not responding to…”
Jasmine Star · 08:03

“My mother battled cancer and she won.”
Jasmine Star · 08:39

#cancer#family#hope#survival

Story08:42

The Hospital-Bed Promise That Led Jasmine Out of Law School

During her mother's illness, Jasmine resolved not to reach the end of her own life wondering what might have happened if she had pursued what she wanted. In 2005, she left law school and started her first business, tying the career change to a promise to live fully.

Her mother's illness changed Jasmine's view of career risk.
She left law school in 2005.
She started her first business the same year.
Avoiding future regret became more important than preserving certainty.

“I promised myself to live a full life, a fearless life, a reckless life, an exciting life.”
Jasmine Star · 08:57

“In that moment, I realized I never wanted to lay in a hospital bed and wonder what if”
Jasmine Star · 09:06

#career-change#law-school#regret#entrepreneurship

Takeaway· 1

Takeaway09:27

When Creating Feels Less Like Work

Jasmine describes the intensity that often accompanies work people genuinely care about: they find time, tolerate emotional highs and lows, and persist despite unfavorable odds. Her point is that deep attachment to the craft changes how effort and sacrifice are experienced.

People make time for work they deeply value.
Meaningful creation includes emotional volatility.
Belief can sustain effort when others are doubtful.
Enjoyment can change the subjective experience of work.

“When you love creating, you make time. You find time.”
Jasmine Star · 09:39

“You work even when you're on vacation because it isn't work. When you love what you do, continue creating.”
Jasmine Star · 10:01

#creative-work#motivation#persistence#purpose