April 01 – Are you fooling yourself? Are you fooling yourself into believing that you must have all the answers or know all the options before proceeding with a particular initiative or project you have underway? Have you convinced yourself you are not ready to take on a challenge or opportunity? Are you doubting your own abilities causing you to hesitate and not move forward?
When you get caught up in a need to have all the answers or options first, you can easily get stuck in a quagmire of never having all that you need to proceed. To truly make progress, your best opportunities come from taking action on what you know right now and therefore, what you can do right now based on what you currently know. Sometimes the options you need to consider should be embraced before learning of any other options to gain the necessary insight to confirm what is viable. Step confidently forward. Embrace the unknown with curiosity. Empower your future with action.
Take an MM&I Moment to awaken to how you may be fooling yourself into inaction. List what answers you have been able to find out and then list what you still feel that you need to know. Based on what you already know, what action can be taken while you get the additional information that you believe that you need? You may be surprised at what transpires because you began to take steps forward while still learning and exploring. You will also find that by taking action on what you know, you may determine that what you thought you needed to know wasn't necessary after all.
Wide Awake Quote of the Week
“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally." – Niccolo Machiavelli
Yours in dreaming WIDE awake,
