A lack of positivity isn’t the only thing that can hold you back.

For most people, the idea of taking massive action, of putting it all on the line and of committing to a goal or idea is something that makes them want to curl up and put their head in the sand.

The problem is that giving anything 100% means exposing yourself and that means making yourself vulnerable. And too many of us are just too afraid to do that.

This is why people will create a website that they hope will be their big money maker that lets them live their dreams…

And then they’ll go ahead and promptly not tell anyone about it because they’re embarrassed. Your personal network on Facebook provides you with an excellent place to start marketing — your friends want you to succeed and will probably spread it to their contacts if you ask them to. But you don’t because you’re embarrassed.

And the result is that you miss out on that huge marketing opportunity.

If you’re too shy to announce your plans to your own friends what chance do you have?

It’s also why people will create a blog and then post to it every week or every other week. You really think you can make a blog your primary source of income by posting every other week? If you want your blog to become your full time career then you should be treating it like it already is your full time career. And that means that you should be posting their ten times daily with new, lengthy, well-researched posts and then spending ages promoting every single one of those posts everywhere you can. Do that and once again you can’t help but succeed. You could at least do it at the weekends!

And this is DEFINITELY why people:

• Don’t go to gyms

• Don’t join classes

• Don’t put themselves forward and network

• Don’t communicate properly with their partners

• Don’t ask for promotions…

Honestly, how can you expect to succeed when you’re too afraid to try?

How many people do you know who tell you over and over again that they have this amazing business idea but they spend so long perfecting it that they never actually take it live? These people are not only scared of failure but they’re scared of what failure will do to them emotionally. They’d rather not release their dream project at all (and know it won’t be successful) than release it and risk getting a negative reaction. 99% of people are quite frankly deluded when it comes to this kind of thing.

And some of us simply don’t get round to things because we’re just too tired and exhausted and drained. Sure, you could pick up that phone and offer your services to someone in your neighborhood… but it should does sound like a lot of effort doesn’t it? You could go and hit the gym, but it would be easier to just lie here a little longer first.

Yep, good luck making your mark on the world with an attitude like that!

As you can see, all that stuff that these productivity gurus talk about really is true. There’s actually nothing stopping you from achieving what you want and if you know how to write a good plan then you really can’t fail. The problem is that we get in our own way, we talk ourselves out of things and we remain in our little bubble of routine. Oh dear.

You are different though. There’s one thing that sets you apart from everyone else.

And you know what that is?

You are taking the time to listen to this episode!