If not now, then when?

I have asked this question of myself (and of others) many times, if I don't do "that thing" now when am I actually going to do it? and be honest with yourself. We can be our own worst enemy at times, we know what the right thing to do is but we put it off and then put it off again never achieving anything. We tend to think of all the reasons we can’t do something not the reasons we can.

I speak from my own experience, while starting this blog I could of made excuses (and did) to not do it in the first place, I started that negative self-talk with "I'm currently studying at university, just had a new baby, already have 2 other kids, I have more responsibility at work and a social life", all these statements could of "justified" my way out of it but I asked myself the question "If not now, then when?" and thought to myself there never will be a perfect time to start this blog, just start small and trust the process, and here we are at blog post 5. I don't say this to self promote and say how "good" I am, I just wanted to say it's easy to have that negative self talk I did for months.

Some examples when I have used this question;

- Giving myself or others motivation to study, if I'm/you not going to start studying now, then when?

- Boring work tasking, if not this task now, then when?

- Workplace safety, if I don't fix this thing now, then when?

Another way you might think about it to give yourself the starting motivation and avoid the negative self-talk is this saying from Wayne Gretzky "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

If you never try to do something or give something a shot, you might never fail but you will never succeed either. Somethings won’t work out but don't let the fear of failure paralyze you, some people who had failures before success include;

1. Stephen King - rejected by 30 publishers

2. Steven Spielberg - Rejected twice from university

3. Michael Jordan - Cut from high school team

Stay the course, trust your process and

Enjoy growth

Mitch