You are not afraid to start.
You're afraid to commit.

Wait.

You're not afraid to commit.
You're afraid of trying and failing.

No wait.

You're not afraid of failing.
You're afraid of being seen failing.

No wait.
You're not even afraid of that...

You're afraid of the responsibility of succeeding.

Most people put off their big dreams and goals because they're telling themselves that they're afraid of falling on their face and failing.

And it's actually not really that.

What if it's about what happens when you don't?

There's no more "one day." And there's no more hiding in your potential. And that success comes with a new problem…

You have to keep showing up as this new version of you. You have to prove it wasn't a fluke. You have to keep playing at that level, right?

So your brain has been doing this really genius thing...

It keeps stalling you out. It convinces you to overthink and overplan and to stay in "getting ready" mode.

To be endlessly researching and planning and organizing.

Because if you succeed, there's no excuse left for taking the journey to become the person you say you wanna become.

Because the moment you start, you risk losing the safety of possibility.

There's no more fantasy, no more dream.

But the truth is that the responsibility you're scared of is exactly what will grow you into the person who can handle it.

Also the good news is you don't have to take it all on at once.

Because you can do something small and succeed at it, and let yourself feel the pressure of maintaining it, and then your nervous system can learn:

"Oh, we can survive this."

And as you keep adding on to those tiny little successes, of course, over time, naturally, easily, your brain actually begins to be able to handle the responsibility of your own success.

Because you're not really afraid of failing, are you?

You're just not used to winning yet.​