To hesitate
1. To be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination:
2. To have scruples or doubts; be unwilling
3. To pause
These are all simple and correct, but I like my personal definition best:
To hesitate:
To not act; stand still, while everyone else passes us by. To hope something better will come along, yet secretly wishing it doesn’t, because that would mean we’d have to act; to freeze in the face of adversity; reach our arms out, but not our hands; to fake left and right, making it seem as if we’re moving, when in actuality we’re still standing; to lose an opportunity of grabbing ahold of possibility.
To hesitate means to sit back and watch others act; witness the fearless attain what they desire. To hesitate is to equal failure… unfortunately that “failure” manifests itself slowly. To hesitate implies that we’re almost acting, almost ready to strike, which can give us a false sense of security. Very often, “almost taking action” feels the same as actually taking that action, yet has none of the same effects.
Failure, in my opinion, can only happen when we do nothing; when we sit and watch others do what we wish we could (or would). Hesitation is the perfect piece to that failure equation, because it has the unique quality of making us feel as if we’re actually doing something while we do nothing. Think about it… what other action (or lack thereof, ironically) can make us feel worthy, confident, and productive during the moments of standstill?
If we want to achieve, we must take the hesitation habit, and turn it on itself… make hesitation hesitate. When we begin to act while our instincts are screaming to hold still, we’ll instantly begin breaking the walls of hesitation to pieces. At first, this barrier will seem impossible to knock down, but after a short time, it’s base will become weaker, eventually giving in to the pressure.
Let me ask you a few questions, as I believe all answers are found after a meaningful question is asked:
What can you do this minute to improve your business life?
- What areas are suffering do to your hesitation habit?
- Are you happy and satisfied with where you are, or could you somehow attain more, bigger, better? If yes, what must happen; what result must manifest?
What has to happen to reach that 1% in your athletic career?
- What do you look and feel like when you stop hesitating under pressure?
- When you visualize yourself taking positive action, rather than waiting, what do you see?
- What’s the ultimate outcome of destroying your hesitation habit?
What’s missing in your life that will allow you to lose that extra weight?
- When you take immediate action against hesitation, what’s the outcome?
- When you glimpse at the “new you” staring back in the mirror, what do you see?
- How does it feel when you visualize yourself conquering the hesitation habit?
To act:
1. To succeed!
