This weekend, my discipline was truly tested. I heard from the REAL LIFE Moonbeam—a conversation that quickly brought up a topic I’m not yet comfortable chatting about with anyone. The call did not last long.
My immediate instinct was the Brute Force reaction: let the fear settle in, let the discomfort paralyze the momentum, and retreat. But that is old thinking.
This is where the Scarecrow’s Strategy kicked in.
The WPI of the Pivot
After a good night's rest, I chose my Work Put In (WPI) strategically: I shelved those real-world fears and dove directly back into the safe structure of my Muscle Hero and Moonbeam comics.
The comic is my Secure Area of Peace. By channeling that real-life emotional tension into the fictional world, I forced myself to process the discomfort through the armored shell of Muscle Hero. The emotional truth was filtered through the creative discipline.
In that session, Muscle Hero and Moonbeam chatted about:
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Nerves
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Fears
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Confidence
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Momentum
I was able to safely analyze the real-life pressure points and turn them into functional dialogue. The comic became the laboratory for my own personal Redefinition.
Redefining the Win
This strategic pivot is the entire WPI Manifesto in action. The win isn't avoiding the uncomfortable topic; the win is using the disciplined process of my creative work to address it anyway. Every page and every piece of dialogue I create with Moonbeam is high-quality, measurable ROI (Return on Investment).
I took a moment of paralyzing fear and transformed it into a session of peak creative performance.
You better believe I turned up the music in my studio afterward. Because in the battle between fear and focus, I showed up, I pivoted, and I won.
Can you say “All I do is WIN, WIN, WIN!?”
This is the power of the Secure Area. Now, back to work!
