This takes guts, no question about it. The closer you get to achieving your goal, warns Senge, the stronger the forces pulling you away become, the louder your brain protests, and the more urgently you want to revert to old patterns. I’ve seen it repeatedly in my groups for underearners. They’d fall apart at the brink of success. They’d get cold feet, feel guilty, doubt their abilities, recall the pain of old failures, worry they made the wrong decision. My advice was always the same. It’s OK to feel bad. Just don’t let it stop you.
