We all need to learn from the Ocean’s courage, to rise up from the stillness to become the greatest force we can be. We need to crash around wildly, dance under the moon, follow our hearts, fulfill our dreams, explore and discover.

Most of the time, fear “lives in the future.” In other words, the vast majority of times, when we get frightened, it’s because we’re thinking about something that might happen, or could happen. Fortunately, it’s usually not happening right now.

I have a handle on the fact you just don’t launch willy-nilly hither and yon down the boulevard into something as pressing, essential, and life-altering as a thing like this can be. You better be primed, that’s what I have to say.

Trying to be perfect is not only an obstacle to being better, in many ways, it’s an excuse to avoid the work it takes to improve.

Patrick Donadio, in a brief video, talks about how to get past over-thinking a conversation

Listen to as many ideas as you can. Even if you don’t use what others say, you won’t have the option if you don’t listen.

Christie Ward, creator of The Impact Institute, what she does when she’s feeling stressed out.

Mark LeBlanc, author of Growing Your Business! provides advice on what to do when you’re overwhelmed with what you have to do at work.

Tim Gard, nationally recognized authority on stress reduction through humor gives tips on how to get past being overwhelmed.

Slowly but surely, you start moving further and further through traffic and passing some of the cars. Of course you’re going to stop at red lights sometimes. But if you stay with it, you will notice that you’re at your destination.

If you never lose a single pound, you are already good enough. You may not be perfect, but you are perfectly loved. And you never ever have to do anything, including lose weight, to be worthy of that.

Marty Grunder, professional speaker and green industry consultant on how he gets past what holds him back on days when he’s overwhelmed.

Move forward – even if you don’t know the path. The road will become evident when it’s time.