My life changed when I stopped repressing my own ambition... and I want you to feel this way too.

Having a plan for your future is important, but you won't have the confidence to move towards your vision if shame and guilt are weighing you down.

Guilt is your baggage, and shame is your anchor.

You need to drop both of these traumatic weights if you want to move forwards, and this personally felt like more of an aggressive refusal rather than a gentle letting go.

Sometimes you can release the past with presence and compassion like a kind-hearted monk, but other narratives are more cumbersome and they require strong force and firm boundaries.

I remember when I first realised that most people didn't have the same kind of 'big vision' for life that I imagined for myself.

I was the first person from my friends to start going to the gym when we all turned sixteen, and I remember getting frustrated when new training partners kept quitting after only a few months.

Years later, during university, I remember studying entrepreneurial audiobooks while cleaning toilets every summer - scrubbing toilets, literally.

I had no tangible business ideas back then, but I knew that I was preparing for something and I nurtured my fledgling ambitions in a private corner of my heart.

Looking back on the last decade, I have loved the process of intentionally recreating myself to grow into the kind of man I would personally respect.

Too many of us have inherited shame-based standards and settle for less in life.

We spend too many hours doing things which are misaligned with our core desires, and we're likewise focusing on the wrong success metrics.

Your greatest asset isn't your wealth, your looks or your status: it's having a positive reputation with yourself which you can feel truly proud of.

You're the one who goes to sleep with your own consciousness at the end of each day - and you know when you're living a lie.

Defend your vision, make it reality, and I likewise invite you to join me inside the Shadow Work Library if you want to learn how to integrate the various hidden aspects of your higher potential on your journey to deeper self-knowledge and authentic lifestyle creation.

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Jordan 🌲

P.S. I created the Shadow Work Library as an academic-style curriculum with the intention of full educational integrity which is why there are 36 golden books referenced throughout the 9 intensive modules inside this course. This course is academic but it’s also deeply therapeutic - tap the link if you like reading psychology books and want to study the forgotten masters together while likewise filling your journal with pages of honest self-reflection and practical self-exploration.