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What I discovered is powerful: pushing yourself to take simple actions creates a chain reaction in your confidence and your productivity.
Right before we’re about to do something that feels difficult, scary or uncertain, we hesitate. Hesitation is the kiss of death. You might hesitate for a just nanosecond, but that’s all it takes. That one small hesitation triggers a mental system that’s designed to stop you. And it happens in less than—you guessed it—five seconds.
Every phase of your life and career will require a different you.
there’s greatness inside of you, and it’s on the other side of your excuses.
the longer that you think about something, the lower your urge to act becomes.
We are amazing at fooling ourselves into staying exactly where we are. As soon as that impulse to act kicks in, you start rationalizing it away.
waiting for validation will be the death of your dreams.
Waiting until you are ready will not make it happen.
The world rewards those who are courageous enough to stop waiting and start.
You can feel uncertain and be ready. You can be afraid and do it anyway. You can fear rejection and still go for it.
Life isn’t a Nicholas Sparks novel. Life is gritty and hard and then suddenly it is brilliant and amazing.
How you feel in the moment is almost never aligned with your goals and your dreams. If you only act when you feel like it, you will never get what you want.
You can’t control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.
Procrastination is not a form of laziness at all. It’s a coping mechanism for stress.
