1 way to beat 3 voices of doubt.

My doubts get loud whenever I think about time.

At the start of the week, as I look ahead at what I would like to get done, I hear three different voices:

  1. You don't have enough time.
  2. It's too late.
  3. You're too far behind to catch up.

When confronted with those doubts, I have two options:

  1. Hope they go away on their own.
  2. Fight them head on.

I spent years hoping number one would happen. Maybe doubt would get tired of bothering me? Maybe there was someone else doing more meaningful work that needed harassment. Perhaps I would wake up one day and find that all my doubts had vanished.

That has not happened.

So, I had to fight my doubts, to meet them on the battlefield of a Monday morning and push them back once more so that I can write books, run a business, be a father, be a husband, give speeches, serve clients and a thousand other things.

How do I do that?

With facts.

Doubts hate facts.

When doubt tells me I'm out of time, I do one simple thing:

I look at my calendar.

I say, "That's not true. Look how much week or month or even year I have left. There's a ton of white space that I get to fill up. I'm not out of time."

Whenever I miss some goal in January, I look at my calendar and say, "Aha! But, there's February and March and I even see an October waiting for me you scallywag!" (Doubt also hates when you use pirate jargon.)

I need a huge reminder on my wall of how much time I really have to work on the things I care about the most.

I love the calendar for a lot of other reasons. It's dry erase, it's beautifully designed, the weeks are organized Monday - Sunday instead of Sunday - Saturday and it's a great catch all for all the things I'm working on.

But the real reason I've used it for 9 years is that it reminds me of the truth.

I have more time than doubt wants me to believe and you do, too.

Today, you can add a new weapon to your arsenal against doubt. It's 25% off and will give you a simple way to remind yourself of the truth.

There's a year waiting for you. Go out and live it without doubts.

P.S. Click here if you want to get a calendar.

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