If you have one of those impulses that are pulling you, if you don’t marry it with an action within 5 seconds, you pull the emergency break and kill the idea.
If you want to make your dreams come true, get ready for the long game.
Small things are not small at all. They are the most important things of all. And they add up.
If you don’t learn how to untangle your feelings from your actions, you’ll never unlock your true potential.
Sometimes there is no next time, no second chance, or no time out. Stop waiting. It’s now or never. When you wait, you aren’t procrastinating. You are doing something more dangerous. You are deliberately convincing yourself “now is not the time.” You are actively working against your dreams.
It’s so sad because waiting for validation will be the death of your dreams.
Whatever is happening right now, this is it. This is your life. And it’s not going to begin again. You can’t change the past, but in five seconds you can change your future.
Leave nothing important unsaid.
You’ll never feel like doing what you must do.
Waiting around for something to change will slowly kill you.
You need to hear this loud and clear: No one is coming. It is up to you. It has always been and will always be up to you. You may never feel inspired or clearheaded enough to seize a moment, but you have to force yourself to do it even if you don’t want to. Nothing is changing unless you make it change.
You aren’t supposed to be stuck. You are supposed to be doing something amazing with your life.
It’s not because things are difficult that we don’t dare. It’s because we don’t dare that things are difficult.
Waiting until you are ready will not make it happen. The world doesn’t work that way.
Your dreams are your responsibility. No one is coming.
When it comes to your dreams, you have two choices: pursue them or be haunted by them.
You have no idea how much easier things could be if you stopped being so hard on yourself.
Your mind is designed to help you achieve your dreams. Your job is to believe it is possible and encourage yourself to keep walking toward it.
The 5 Second Rule.” Just like NASA uses a 5-4-3-2-1 countdown to launch a rocket, I counted down 5-4-3-2-1 to launch myself into action before my negative thoughts pinned me down. I’m dead serious. Alarm rings. No staring at the ceiling. No panic attack. No snooze button. No rolling over and shoving your head under the pillow to blot out the day. 5-4-3-2-1: kick your own ass.
You also need to learn how to give people the space to have those feelings and not make it mean anything about you.