Let me tell you how valuable it is to take massive action and fight through self-doubt by giving you my own personal example from this week. (I’m writing this on May 26, 2020)
I decided I wanted to start a podcast on Wednesday May 20. I have been thinking about it for months but made the decision last Wednesday.
Immediately I had negative thoughts flying through my mind.
Who’s going to say yes to an interview with me?
I’m starting with no listeners, no subscribers, etc.
I don’t have relationships with any of these people… why will they respond to me?
Etc… etc… the anxiety was flowing.
Anyways I continued on and I bought a course the next day on Thursday from someone who has done what I want to achieve. I watched nearly the entire course that day and took a ton of notes.
The following day (Friday) I finished the course and chose a name, got my podcast art, created my website, set up all the backend stuff, and wrote out my dream guest list.
The next day (Saturday) I reached out to over 100 potential guests, hoping for 1 yes.
Self doubt was getting the best of me this day. After reaching out to over 100 and not getting a response for over 6 hours I was shaking with thoughts of anxiety that no one would respond. Fast forward 2 days and by last night I already had 6 yes’s and and the schedule is filling up.
So essentially in 5 days I started from scratch without a lick of experience in the podcast game and managed to set everything up and land 6 weeks worth of guests off of my dream list.
The point I’m trying to make is that I doubted myself constantly, and I still continue to fight through that.
It started with who’s going to respond now it’s…
Am I going to be able to host a good interview?
Will I be able to make sure everything goes smoothly in the beginning without having anyone on my team to help with this?
Will I freeze up and panic mid interview?
The doubts continue but as you fight through them you get stronger and stronger but you cannot let them hold you back. You cannot let them stop you from taking massive action.
I want to say one more thing, typically things don’t happen this quickly. They take months or even years and that’s what I’m expecting. I know this is going to take a while to grow. But the faster you take massive action, the faster opportunities will arise.
The only person you’re hurting by not taking massive action is yourself.
I hope you found something valuable in this message.
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