Ever felt powerless from the problems you were facing? 

Ever felt tired and stressed from the motions of life? 

Ever felt...nothing? Literally. Nothing?

That's what happens when you suppress your emotions. You end up losing touch with you who you really are.

You end up feeling anxious and stressed at just about everything that life throws at you. 

But what if the problem isn't what life throws at you but instead what you're not allowing yourself to throw at life?

Look, we live in a world where we are being judged constantly. Where we're constantly told "you gotta be realistic", or "you're wasting your time pursuing that" or "maybe you should choose something more stable". This makes expressing ourselves difficult. And as we grow older, we become compliant with the views of others. Over time, expression becomes repression. Repression becomes suppression.  And when we suppress our own curiosity, we let go of our individuality. 

And when that happens, the only thing left is nothing right. Literally.

The RIGHT side of our brain - the creative side - gets defeated by our LEFT side - the rational side. And what happens when the rational side becomes too powerful? We live our lives by "logic". 

"Here are the facts. 90% of startups fail; On average, people with only a high school diploma make 66 percent less than those with a bachelor's degree; If you do this or that, you'll fail"

But what if we flipped the switch? Abandoned regular thinking? Looked at things from the RIGHT side?

"Ten percent of businesses succeed; Many of the top leaders of the world are college dropouts; Failing can be the biggest stepping stone to getting exactly what you want" 

Looking at things from the right side is what allows us to be artists. And that's the picture we want to paint for you today. In this episode of The Sage & The Outlaw, we work with Rob Rideb, a.k.a. Rob QUEST - a longtime competitive dancer, a musician, a photographer, and the founder of a nonprofit organization called The Good Humans. With Rob's expertise in expressing himself through his creative life, we embark on the greatest quest of our podcast yet, where we guide you to:

• Recognize that great ideas won't just "come" to you
• Abandon regular thinking for the "right" kind of thinking
• Develop the discipline and passion into the work you do
• Find your creative outlet, by suspending disbelief
• Love the form of art that connects with you the most, despite prejudice from others
• Give back to the rest of the world 
• Rule your life by unifying your rational side with your creative side
• Discover yourself with the right support system
• Seek the truth behind your feelings and the origin of repression
• Transform your inner asshole into a "Good Human"

And ultimately? DANCE your way through self-actualization, letting setbacks become step backs. 

With some footwork, we convert decades of discovering who you are into just an hour and thirteen minutes. 

And with a little rapping, alotta ambulance sirens, and some verses here and there in today's podcast, all that's LEFT is to press play, so we can dance our way into what's RIGHT.

Resources: 

• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
• Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World by Carol S. Pearson
• Linchpin: Are You Indispensable by Seth Godin
• Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip & Dan Heath
• Aha! 10 Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit and Find Your Great Ideas by Jordan Ayan