If you really want to do it… say it out loud!

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The advice…

If you really want to do it… say it out loud.

Where it’s coming from…

How many times have you wanted to do something but never got down to it? It could be anything: reading more, start exercising, change your hair colour, start studying again. The leap between ‘thought’ and ‘action’ can be oh so hard - no matter how much you want it.

In my case it was starting Woman Unclouded. It had been an idea in my mind for a long time. But it remained there. Stuck. Until, one day, I decided that I had to make it happen and start from somewhere. One of the first steps was: I said it out loud. I told friends and relatives about my plan (which materialised two years later).

Once the words came out of my mouth and the concept was no longer caged in my mind – it was out there. People started asking me about it. I was held accountable. I felt the shame of not having done anything “yet” each time I was asked. That shame helped. It was the push I needed to take the little steps towards making it happen.

I find this works. Saying things out loud makes them more real. And when something is more real, it is more likely to happen.