[Ep. 36] When preparation becomes procrastination and why you should stop listening to the experts

http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com/podcast Does your dream have a list of prerequisites? I.e. "I have to have x,y and z in place before I can do what I really want to do..."? How many times have you heard credible advice from coaches and experts that confirmed your thoughts that you weren't in a position to move forward on your ideas? I suspect that we subconsciously seek out confirmation so we don't have to act. Because acting is difficult, anxiety inducing, scary. When you sign up for a coaching session, program or pick up a book to tell you how to do a particular thing, be careful not to fall into the trap of waiting to pull the trigger on your ideas before you've checked every single item off of your coach or program's to do list. When we do that, we could be falling into what author Tara Mohr calls "This Before That" - a hiding strategy that she details in her book Playing Big. When we fail to launch because we are waiting to go after what we want until after we take a class, or get a degree, or save $100k, or lose 30 lbs, or have 50k Instagram followers - we may be using our checklists and advice from coaches and courses to validate our fears and delay the emotionally hard work of stepping up and being seen. Are you using preparation as a way to procrastinate on your purpose? Are you using your pre-launch checklist, your list of "should haves" as justification for why you've yet to put yourself out there? Don't let your list of "shoulds" and list of prerequisites keep you from pursuing your goals. Sometimes hard work, passion, heart and old-fashioned hustle can beat the most well-thought out strategy any day. There's always going to be something we can improve to make our products or services better. But everything doesn't have to be perfect before we take the first step.