INSPIRING LIFE SCHOOL PODCAST
EPISODE 49 – YOU WILL NEVER FEEL READY
INSPIRING LIFE SCHOOL PODCAST
EPISODE 49 TRANSCRIPT:
YOU WILL NEVER FEEL READY
Here I will be sharing with you a chapter from my book WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND? 50 Truth Bombs to Change Your Life.
The lessons from this book also form the backbone for my MINDFUL LIVING MASTER COURSE.
But today I am sharing with you a free chapter today because I believe so strongly that this is information that every person in this world would benefit from learning.
This book WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND is different from all the other personal development books.
It focuses less on “what you need to DO or CHANGE” to make your life super fabulous and more on “what you need to UNDERSTAND” to make your life more manageable and special.
If you find that you are always fighting things rather than living in peace and going with the flow, this book will highlight 50 truth bombs that you need to understand to free yourself from that constant pain, suffering and torment cycle.
This book is the wake-up call you desperately need.
To live well and have more clarity and understanding in our life, we really need to embrace these truth bombs.
So are you ready now to change your life?
Are you ready now to understand?
So here goes: the lesson or chapter today is called:
YOU WILL NEVER FEEL READY
Martin Luther King Jr once said:
“I often feel like saying, when I hear the question ‘People aren’t ready,’ that it’s like telling a person who is trying to swim, ‘Don’t jump in that water until you learn how to swim’, when actually you will never learn how to swim until you get in the water.”
It’s a terrible thing to wait until you are ready.
There is no such thing as ready. There is only now.
You can’t always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes you must dare to jump.”
Here’s the deal: if you wait until you are ready you will be waiting for the rest of your life.
That’s because we all have feelings of uncertainty; we all feel unprepared or unqualified.
It’s a natural, nervous feeling most of us have when we get ready to do something important.
We have our excuses:
I don’t have enough experience or money or time or contacts.
I‘m still too scared, too shy and just NOT READY YET!
Despite these excuses we need to do things anyway.
In spite of our fear and anxiety we need to get up and actively participate in the next stage that life has prepared for us.
Sitting around and waiting to FEEL ready is not taking you anywhere.
Do you know why?
Because you can plan, delay, revise all you want but right now is the best time to get started.
What you have now is ENOUGH to get started.
There are plenty of people with fewer resources, less money, less experience, less money than you, who don’t let this feeling of “not feeling ready” stop them from taking action.
You are never going to be 100% ready.
You can always study more, practice more, do more research, and ask for more advice or opinions.
Sometimes you need to just jump and hope you learn to fly on your way down.
Sometimes taking a leap of faith is the only way to travel to your goals.
Successful people start before they feel ready.
When an opportunity comes along, they don’t procrastinate and falter.
They do things before they know they can do them and that is how people grow, by taking risks.
Paulo Coelho once said: “When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending nothing has happened or in saying we are not ready.
The challenge will not wait.
Life does not look back.
A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
So do not miss that train when it comes your way.
Opportunities often arrive late but they pass by fast.
You are not going to get unlimited chances to get what you want and nothing is worse than regretting the opportunities you didn’t seize.
You need to trust things will work out because being ready is a myth.
It keeps us lazy, complacent and locked in the confines of our comfort zone.
Experience and taking action will give you the tools you need to survive and prosper – not the feeling of readiness.
Trust yourself enough to jump into a world of unknowns.
If you think you need to feel ready before you take action, you’ll never do anything.
The right moment to take action is always NOW because great people do things before they are ready.
So, I hope you found this mini episode to be helpful.
Remember you can find both WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO UNDERSTAND and my MINDFUL LIVING MASTER COURSE here.
And if you enjoyed this chapter stay tuned as we have another 8 coming your way!
As always thanks so much for being here with me.
I love and appreciate you all and can’t wait to catch you in the next episode.
Before You Go…
- Grab your free gift: How To Stop Self-Sabotaging Yourself Guide (4 steps to finally get out of your own way) CLICK HERE
- Decide which course will suit you best CLICK HERE
- Listen to my Inspiring Mom Life podcast on Spotify or via Apple Podcasts.
With a degree in psychology, Frances Vidakovic is a certified life coach, course creator and host of the Inspiring Life Podcast. Her superpower is transforming dreamers into doers with simple, kick-up-the-butt strategies.
