E165: Embracing Your Unicorniness with Jason Tharp

<p>Jason Tharp is an amazing author and illustrator of children’s books including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Its-Okay-Unicorn-Jason-Tharp/dp/1250311322"><u><em>It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn!</em></u></a><em> </em>Tired of the corporate grind as a graphic designer, he made the decision to quit his job and follow his creative passion for writing. In this episode, he talks about some beautiful insights and life lessons from his book and how you can apply it in your life to pave your way towards a life of happiness and success.</p> <p><strong>Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>His journey into writing children’s books</li> <li>Setting intentions in what you do to make way for opportunities</li> <li>The one meeting that turned into 11 books now</li> <li>What embrace your unicorniness means</li> <li>The goal of the book</li> <li>Jason’s biggest mission in spreading self-kindness</li> <li>How parents can help kids who feel unseen</li> </ul> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <p><strong>Setting Intentions to Create a Clear Path to Success</strong></p> <p>It's difficult when you realize you're not the best employee, and what it can do to you over time, and when you're beaten down and your ideas are beaten down. You just start to bend over and you don't care anymore and you go down into depression. But if you put the intention of what you want to do, and you work really hard towards it, sometimes the stars align, and people fall in, and you have to trust sometimes that those people are the right reasons. And even when you don’t know what to do, you just have to take a chance on it and face your fears.</p> <p><strong>Embracing Your Unicorniness</strong></p> <p>If only adults would learn from kids the bravery of stepping into something. It doesn't mean you have to go to the extreme like Jason did, where he quit his job making good money to make zero on a whim. But he took the chance bit by bit.</p> <p>If you want to do something, just be brave enough to try it