Overcoming Procrastination Fears

Story Time 🍿 Anyone else out there a natural procrastinator 👋 I’m a recovering procrastination addict haha. But what changed it for me was this scary realization👇 More often than not, the reason I procrastinate on making a decision is because I’m scared of something. And it’s usually not a “thing” but more like a person’s judgement. A few years ago when I was first starting my content agency I had an opportunity to partner with a few people. On the outside it looked great. Everyone had years of experience, great industry contacts, and a drive to win. There was just one problem. They wanted a 4 way split. I knew deep down that I needed to have a conversation because I didn’t want to give up 75% equity in a company I just started. But I stalled because I was scared. Not because of the financial impact, or even the business impact, but because of a few peoples opinion of me. I thought they would think I’m a flake, I’m a coward, I’m greedy, and all kinds of different things (some of which they did think). And it was because of those perceived opinions that I put off a conversation I knew I needed to have for a month! And you know what happened? I had anxiety that whole month. I was actively participating in something I knew wasn’t good but I was too scared to have the conversation. It wasn’t till after multiple conversations with my wife and parents that I decided to finally just do it. They helped me realize that the reason I wasn’t having this critical conversation was because of what the partners might think. So in a sense, the partners were more in control of my life than I was 🤯 I was letting their perceived opinion control my actions. I couldn’t let that continue. So I had the conversation… And I wish I could say it went great, but honestly it sucked. I absolutely hated having that conversation. And a lot of what I feared the opinions would be actually did come true. But immediately after I felt a sense of relief because I had regained control of my decisions. So I’ll ask you, what decision have you been putting off that needs to happen? Be blessed and stay stoked 😎🤙