Title: The Power of Disappearing to Shock the World

Sometimes, you need to take a break from everything. Disappear, come back, and shock the world. I'm talking to athletes, administrators, nurses, doctors, students, communicators, pioneers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and preachers. I'm talking to anyone who refuses to stay where they are.

Imagine stepping away from it all. Going into hiding for a season. Embracing the darkness to focus on yourself. We live in a culture of busyness, distraction, and noise. Sometimes, the only way to change is to disappear.

The power of doing things at the right time

Delete the app. Walk away. Fall back into the dark room and focus on you. Everyone wants destiny. Everyone wants manifestation. Everyone wants fulfillment and the next level. But nobody wants to eliminate distractions. Nobody wants to disappear for three, four, or six months to focus on themselves.

What if you could shut out every distraction? What if you could shut out the world for just a season and focus on you? A person is rewarded in public for what they do in private. Can you unplug for just a moment and focus on what matters? Why are you here? What is your destiny?

The reason you don't see it, the reason it hasn't manifested, the reason you're frustrated, is because you haven't been willing to forsake all that you've been called to forsake. Follow through behind closed doors. You can talk about it, plan it, write it down, go to conferences, and read about it. But at some point, you have to disappear, put in the work, and come back to shock everyone who doubted you.

To that man, that woman, that boy, that girl who feels the fire in their belly, it's time to shock the world. You might have to sleep in your car, go without food, bounce around from couch to couch. You might have to sacrifice like nobody in your family ever has. But can you do it behind the scenes, when nobody's looking, watching, or understanding the passion you carry?

The power of doing things at the right time

Keep going. Don't stop. Go through the process in the dark room that prepares us for the stages of destiny. It's time to get real, raw, and look ourselves in the mirror. This version of yourself is not going to carry you in the next stretch. If you don't change, you'll find yourself bankrupt. Some of the most monumental and transformational portraits were developed in the dark room.

We celebrate athletes, thinkers, innovators, and actors. We praise them and coin them our heroes. We follow them by the millions. We love what they do in public, but we don't know the story behind the glory. The blood, sweat, tears, and prayers they poured out. The countless sleepless weeks to get where they are.

One of life's greatest tragedies is living without knowing why. Is there anyone here who wants their future, fulfill their destiny, walk in discipline and determination? Is there anyone willing to disappear? Are you willing to forsake all distractions? Can you hide in the library, gym, or boardroom? Can you plan and caucus behind the scenes to manifest the moment?

The power of doing things at the right time

Can you hide in your books, your closet, your prayer room? We crave the public eye but lack patience to do the work behind the scenes. Stop telling the world what you're about to do. As Steve Jobs once said, "We do not say anything about future products. We work on them in secret and then release them to the world."

We only have so much real estate in our minds and hearts. Only so much bandwidth in our mental capacity. The more distractions, delusions, and negativity we allow, the less energy we have to fulfill our call, our destiny, and manifest our ideas. Everything you think about, meditate on, everything that has your attention must be worth your time.

It's time to navigate and appraise everything and everyone in your life. Ask, are you worth my time? If not, it's time to unplug. Unplug from distractions, delusions, and negativity. I'm talking to those who have come to the end of themselves. Willing to eliminate distractions, delete social media apps if necessary. Walk away from anything that distracts you from your devotion and determination.

The power of doing things at the right time

After hearing, receiving, writing it down, and speaking it once, do what is required to manifest it into reality. If you can see it in your head, you can hold it in your hand. Stop telling everyone what you're going to do. Disappear and do the work required. Don't be bitter or frustrated. Remain faithful behind the scenes.

Promotion is coming. Stages and opportunities are being prepared as you sacrifice in secret. Put in the work in the dark room. Do what's required to hold in your hand what you see in your head. When no one is there to affirm, validate, or agree with you, build in the dark and announce it when it's finished.

Disappear, focus, work, and re-emerge. Shock the world.

The power of doing things at the right time