Dont’ wait until you’re ready
Hello and thank you for listening to the Be A Fucking Lion Podcast. I am your host MJ and this is episode Don’t wait until you’re ready.
This topic is one that I still work on to this day and so I wanted to talk about it. All of the topics I talk about relate to me, my experiences, my struggles, and my mistakes. My purpose in sharing them with you is so you can see not only am I human also, but so you can grow with me. That’s what this podcast is all about. Being real, taking action, and inspiring others.
I had a birthday on September 20th and I saw a Facebook memory pop up in my feed from four years ago. The memory was a post I made with my five year plan and four years later, I have not accomplished it. That plan is to write my autobiography. I thought to myself, “Damn Mendy, you always talk about Be A Fucking Lion but you’re not working on your own dreams.”
I stay pretty busy all week trying to build my marketing business but the truth is, owning a digital marketing company isn’t my dream! It affords my bills right not but at the end of my life, I want to know I made my dreams come true. And my ultimate dream is to tell my story and help as many people as I can live the life of their dreams too. I want to inspire others to get healthy, dream big, take action, and truly be happy!
Seeing how fast four years went by, REALLY hit home with me so I have started writing my book! I have gotten up every morning this week at 4:45 a.m. and I turn my phone off and just write. I also turn my phone off in the evening and write for an hour.
I did the same thing with this podcast. I bought all of my podcast equipment and held onto it for two years, never taking it out of the box. I was scared to jump. I hate the sound of my voice. I don’t know how to edit, I’m not as good as other podcasters, I am too busy. You name it and I convinced myself not to start. But I finally said FUCK IT and here we are. I can’t thank you enough for listening and showing your support.
So…Don’t wait until you’re ready because time is flying by! Every day we wait, we are further from our dreams. Further from the goal. Motivation doesn’t exist. We, and I say we because everything I talk about applies to myself as well, need to be more DISCIPLINED. Discipline doesn’t only exist for your diet and exercise.
Without discipline, NOTHING would get accomplished. As humans, it is natural for us to stay in our comfort zones. Our brains are just wired this way. If not, we’d all be walking around with our dream bodies, working in our dream careers or business, and traveling the world like the rich and famous.
We keep waiting on motivation but motivation is bullshit! The key is to just jump. When you are in the moment, feeling unmotivated but you know you need to go to the gym, just go. When you are in the moment and you know you need to read 10 pages but you don’t feel like it, just read. When you are in the moment and you don’t feel like taking that course that will help you start your side hustle, just sign up and start. When your alarm goes off at 5:00 a.m. and you don’t feel like getting out of bed, just get out of bed. When you don’t feel like making that sales call, just make the call.
I know, trust me I know, this is easier said than done. But I also personally know, on the other side of fear is relief, courage, strength, and success. It ALWAYS, 100% of the time, feels amazing to do the things you are scared to do but will help you get to where you want to be. If you wait until you’re ready, your dreams might die with you. Have a saying I always keep in my mind, “Dream your life or live the life of your dreams.”
And sometimes we have do the things we don’t want to until we don’t have to anymore. For me, I have to continue running my marketing business until I can make a living off of my book, my podcast, and soon, my online course. Right? So I balance a lot between running a business and working on my real dreams, which is to earn a living by changing lives. I literally live on a computer all day, doing marketing for my clients and then I neglect my podcast or my own social media because I get tired of being on a computer all day. But you know what, I have people to inspire and lives to change. I feel like it would be selfish of me to not get my story out there and help others.
We all have a story. And we all have a purpose in life. My purpose is to take my story and change lives. I have to be disciplined and consistent or my dreams will not come true.
When you don’t feel like doing something and you KNOW you should, just do it. There is no other answer to give you. You must make the choice to JUST DO IT. If you want to reach the goal faster, do it consistently. Whatever it is, you can apply the JUST DO IT motto.
What is it you want to do?
Lose weight? Then eat better. Stop eating the foods you know you shouldn’t. Allow those foods once or twice a week only. Sign up at a gym and go. Just do it!
Do you want to start a business or a side hustle? Just do it. Take an online class and learn the skills you need. There are several online courses you can take for free or for a very low price. Youtube University is free. Google Garage is free. Udemy and Coursera have very affordable and great courses. LinkedIn learning is only $39/moonth and has a ton of classes. Learn those skills until you are confident. Get a website built. Start your business pages on social media. Tell people about it. Invest more of your time into starting that business than watching TV or wasting time on social media. Say no more than you say yes until you have started your business. It takes sacrifice. UST DO IT.
Whatever you desire, just know that it is waiting for you on the other side of ACTION. Stop procrastinating. Stop waiting until you’re motivated. Don’t wait until you’re ready…JUST FUCKING DO IT!
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Be happy. Be healthy. Be a fucking lion!