Why Are You Waiting for Permission?
Why are you waiting for permission to do something you already know you want to do?
Sometimes we say we’re waiting for the right time, more confidence, more information, or for the people around us to understand. But sometimes we’re not waiting for the right time. We’re waiting for somebody to tell us it’s okay.
In this episode of Forty In Motion, Evelyn Ariah has a very real conversation about waiting for permission, self doubt, fear of making the wrong decision, and caring too much about what other people think. How much of your life are you putting on hold because you’re waiting for someone else’s approval?
Maybe you don’t need another opinion. Maybe you don’t need everybody to agree with you. And maybe you don’t need a guarantee that everything will work out before you take the first step.
Because nobody else has to live your life. They can have an opinion, but you have to live with the decision. This is a conversation about confidence, making your own decisions, taking risks, starting over, fear of failure, and realizing that you may already have the permission you’ve been waiting for.
So ask yourself:
Who am I waiting on?
And if the answer is nobody…
What am I waiting for?
