Excuse Me, I'm Afraid

We all have our nicely polished stash of excuses that we tend to wield wildly when confronted with the fact that we haven't made steps toward our goals (even the goal of having goals).

Too busy.
Too slow.
Too committed.
Too much of this.
Too little of that.
Too expensive.
Too unprepared.
Too far.
Too fast.

The one excuse that we need to bring to light is the root of all of the others: Too scared.

I will echo what Seth Godin says: Write down the things you fear about taking the next step toward your goal. Once it's written down, burn the paper and go do the work.

When we acknowledge the opposition, we've taken the first step toward overcoming it.