Stop waiting for others to give you the green light.

Alex Mathers
2 min readNov 1, 2023

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You need to act on what you know you need to do.

I’ve spent a sizeable portion of my life hanging back, waiting for others to do it first.

It takes real courage to make the first move.

To do that thing without needing permission first.

To step into what can feel like a new atmosphere of heavy uncertainty.

We can entangle ourselves in social approval at the loss of our own confidence and sense of ownership.

We need to free ourselves from the often stifling effect of social conformity.

It’s a net that keeps us stuck in fitting in.

It’s a real thing.

It’s powerful.

And it’s holding you back from creating remarkable things.

And anything worth doing will never be without a crackle of nerves.

It needs to feel a little weird otherwise does the world even need it?

If not, can you go bigger?

Really talk to your deeper soul.

What’s that thing you know you can do that you are still waiting on?

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Alex Mathers

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