Emelia Sam

I realized that the practice of procrastination was spilling over into my business endeavors. I had to stop and ask myself what all the hesitation was about. Was it fear? Was it laziness? Was it fear masquerading as laziness?

Then I realized that it didn’t matter. The only answer to the problem was action regardless of the core issue. Although I believe it’s important to unwrap our issues to the root level, there comes a time when that itself becomes the block. The unanswered question becomes the new problem, the new barrier, the new excuse to hesitate.

I was telling myself that once I fully understood the problem, I could then move on unimpeded. Complete BS of a professional procrastinator.

Sometimes, the insistence of understanding is another stalling tactic…at least, it was for me.  I realized that I didn’t need all the answers in order to move forward. As I told a friend this week,

“Stop trying to figure it out. [Right now] there is no cognitive shift that’s going to break you out of the pattern. The only way to break the pattern is to break the pattern. You don’t get to be mentally comfortable while you’re doing it. You just don’t. Stop looking for the missing piece. It doesn’t exist. There’s no step 1 or step 2 for jumping off a diving board. [Just do it]”

I was accused of being a Nike commercial…which was OK. The friend thought they had evoked the response but the truth was I’d already had this conversation with myself weeks earlier. It wasn’t meant to be a platitude. It’s just simple truth. The only way forward is action. Period.

No analyzing. No hesitation. No excuses.

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231. Don’t overlook a gift because you don’t like the wrapping.

232. You can be wrong. Just don’t stay wrong. Take note, learn, move on.

233.Your place in this world is defined only by your belief.

234. You only become who you want to be by pushing the limits of who you are.

235. Beauty is all around. You need only to choose to immerse yourself within it.

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226. Don’t mistake your job for your life.  If it’s on purpose, it will cease to be a “job.”

227. The Universe is listening. Pay attention to what you are saying.

228. The only true limitations are within.

229. The most important ally you will ever have is your belief.

230. Stop making others accountable for your situation. Reclaim your power.

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221. What your greatest self can envision is far more important that what appears to be.

222. When something feels like it’s missing, look to purpose/spirit to fill the void.

223. Life isn’t meant to be on cruise control. Are you the driver or are you being taken for a ride?

224. Potential is a moving target. As you meet it, it rises. Rise with it.

225. Your voice has value. Speak up where necessary and share your wealth.

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216. What you think of as trivial or mundane may be of vital importance to another. Share yourself.

217. Following your purpose doesn’t just open doors, it creates them where they seem not to exist.

218. If you remain awed by the world around you, only then can you be awesome.

219. When the thing that gives you “security” is the same thing suffocating you, move on.

220. Knowing when to take a break is crucial. Doing nothing allows you to recharge and reconnect.

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211. Your actions always reveal your beliefs despite what you say your beliefs  are.

206. When you let go of the blaming, you have energy for the things that matter.

207. Your gifts do not belong to you. Sharing is  your obligation.

208. Labels limit you. Reach beyond your own and search behind those of others.

209. Your history shapes you, but does not define you. Write your own story starting today.

210. Your path is your own. You cannot force others to walk it with you.

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201. Ask for the help you need. Weakness is not in the request. It is only in your refusal to see things as they are.

202. Don’t allow learning to get in the way of doing. Confirming what you already know is stalling.

203. Tantrums are pointless. Adults know that things don’t have to go your way all of the time.

204. Rules provide guidance. Don’t let them prevent you from using common sense.

205. The future is open to those who choose to see objectively. Bias restricts your possibilities.

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