If you allow your inner voice to rule, it will never be the right time to do anything. It’s time to recognize this phrase for what it is. A reason to procrastinate.

In good times, prices are too high, interest rates are soaring, and it’s just not the right time to make a move. Rather wait until…..
Prices have crashed, interest rates too, people are losing their jobs, the share market is reeling. Rather wait until…..
Prices are too high, interest rates are soaring, let’s just wait until…..

This is the roller coaster of unhelpful logic that explains why we can always find endless good reasons why we shouldn’t make a decisive move, right now. Not forever, mind you. Just not right now.

By falling victim to this thinking, we are not aware of the fact that we are simply finding logical reasons to procrastinate and avoiding making decisions. Instead, we think we are in touch with the issues of the day, and making a rational decision not to make a decision. Not right now, anyway.

Another wise old saying springs to mind: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”. So it’s no surprise that after endless cycles of no decisions getting made for the very best of reasons, that no progress gets made either.

For most people, the path of least resistance is simply to listen to the stalling message of their inner voice. Because confronting it means you have to make tough, responsible and far-reaching decisions. Some people do manage to challenge and overcome the inner voice that says, “Don’t act now”. Our name for them is ‘Investors’.

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