"All glory comes from daring to begin." -William Shakespeare
Of course it does. It's one of the most difficult things to do, second only to "following through." I know, I have battled with these two long enough to consider myself an expert at performing ninja moves on anything my mind tries to sabotage me with. The good news is all of the moves are simple to apply and 100% effective.
Here's one that I'm currently using in order to put together a book I am working on this month: "just 10 minutes." That's not the title of the book, that's the mental manuever. It's this simple; I allow myself to spend "just 10 minutes" doing the thing I've been putting off. It works by radically changing my perception. For some strange reason my mind decides all on it's own that whatever it is I want to get started on is a Big Deal. "Just 10 minutes" seems so inconsequential that it takes off all the pressure. My unreasonable fear evaporates and I am once again enthusiastic about getting started.
This idea of "just 10 minutes" also grants me the freedom to act on inspiration the moment it strikes. So many great ideas have drowned in a sea of doubt simply because we didn't allow ourselves the permission to spend just 10 measly minutes to act on them. Matter of fact, if it wasn't for the benefit of putting this philosophy into practice today I would have put off sharing this with you until I had more time. In other words, it would have been put off just long enough for me to talk myself out of it.
Take one small step toward your dream and
your dream takes a thousand steps closer to you!
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