Catalyst Aus

I’d rather give something 💯% and come up short than never try at all.

I’ve never understood people who say I can’t do that and have never tried.

Back yourself, the plan won’t unfold perfectly and you can count on that. But keep moving forward.

Don’t listen to others opinions, it’s usually them projecting their own fears and insecurities onto you.

If you don’t take the first step you can guarantee you’ll never know.

What have you got to lose?

Going through challenges isn’t new to us, but that doesn’t stop us becoming overwhelmed when we are confronted with new challenges.

We can use reference points from past experiences to assist us to overcome new challenges. These may be very individual or similar to others.

A reference point I often use with people, because almost everyone can relate to it, is learning to drive a car.

It’s a complex skill and the first time we drive a car, usually with someone supervising us, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and make mistakes with so many skills to perform and things to focus on. Usually that first attempt at driving is far from our best.

But in a relatively short period of time (depending on the individual) we become skilled at driving a car to the point that it becomes second nature, almost like learning to walk.

When we apply this to other skills or challenges we can understand that continual work and positive action will increase our competence and help us move through challenges or learn new skills.

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