A year ago, there I was, sitting in my pajamas, my face lit by the cold light from my laptop. 

You know the drill.

The deal was simple: put my stuff on LinkedIn, get my work out there.

But man, it felt like standing on a diving board over a pool full of sharks.

All these worries started creeping in. "I'm no good. I'll make a fool of myself. I don't belong here."

Growing an audience? It was like trying to plant a garden in the middle of a hurricane.

The doubt winds were howling, trying to rip my work right out of the ground.

But then, something shifted. I had a long, hard look at this fear. It was ugly, sure.

But what if I was looking at it all wrong? What if this fear wasn't the enemy, but a teammate, shoving me into the game when I was too scared to step onto the field?

I figured, maybe fear is just a sign that I'm onto something. Maybe it's there to show me that my work is important, that it matters.

So, I started sharing on LinkedIn.

Each post was like scoring a point against my own doubts. Each connection was another seed in the ground, another chance for my audience to grow. 

The fear didn't go away, but it changed. It became a partner, steering me toward the stuff that mattered. I saw there was a lot more to win than lose. 

My LinkedIn, once a ghost town, started to look more like a bustling city square.

It was chock-full of people who thought like me, who wanted to read what I had to write. Each post, and each chat, was a new building block in my career. 

Suddenly, my coaching gig was booming. Speaking opportunities were piling up. My network was a goldmine.

All because I changed how I saw fear.

So, friends, give it a shot. Stare down your fear. See it for what it is - a roadmap to the stuff that matters.

Your voice, your story, it all matters.

Best,

Hussein

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