A couple of days ago I asked you to make a list of things you would do if you knew you couldn’t fail. The trouble with lists were how to do them all at once, or where to start.
One reader wrote this comment.
At first I thought it was really simple and that I could make a big, long list.
The first seven items were wishes.
The next five were things that don’t involve success or failure. They just need to be done. But they may have been put off because of a lack of money and time.
And finally, after honestly facing myself, I saw that there were two things I’d love to do but I’m sure I’d fail at, and I hadn’t thought about them seriously.
I think something interesting happened in my mind.
I’m not afraid of failure. I’m afraid of starting.
What makes us afraid of starting?
I think a lot of time it’s a lack of certainty about how to allocate out time and attention. As I was working through my own list today I found this free resource from Dan Blank called clarity cards.
In a nutshell, you write something you want to experience or accomplish on an index card. Then you do it again on another card until you have 10 cards. Then you arrange the cards into a pyramid.
There is more detail on the website and a free PDF that goes into greater detail, big thanks to Dan Blank for putting together this wonderful resource.
Get Clarity, with this completely free resource.
