For all the people who create things and share them online and offline, this is a message from Theodore Roosevelt via Brené Brown .

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

In the arena quote by Theodore Roosevelt

These are some of her takeaways from his quote.

"It's not about winning. It's not about losing. It's about showing up and being seen."

"If you're committed to creating in your life, you will get your ass kicked."

"Without vulnerability, you cannot create."

This is my absolute favorite quote in this. I take it with me and think about it often.

"If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback."