Life can be frustrating. Oftentimes we know what our problems are. We may even know what to do about them. But we fear that taking action is too risky, that we don't have the experience or that it's not how we pictured it or because it's too expensive, because it's too soon, because we think something better might come along, because it might not work.And you know what happens as a result? Nothing. We do nothing. […]

We often assume that the world moves at our leisure. We delay when we should initiate. We jog when we should be running, or better yet, sprinting. And then we're shocked—shocked!—when nothing big ever happens, when our opportunities never show up. […] So the first step is: Take the bat off your shoulder and give it a swing. You've got to start, to go anywhere.

Ryan Holiday — The Obstacle Is the Way