Have you ever really wanted to do something, but for whatever reason, you didn’t do it? Maybe you were scared. You told yourself that the timing wasn’t right or that you would wait until conditions x, y, and z were present in order for you to move forward.
A great quote, from “The Great One” (Wayne Gretzky), perfectly addresses this by saying “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Notice that he’s not saying you’ll make every shot. On the contrary, you will actually miss a lot of shots. But missing shots is different than not taking shots. If you miss a shot, at least you had a chance at succeeding. If you are too afraid to ever shoot in the first place, you will become mired in a world of wondering “what if.” If you don’t take the shot, you will never know what your life could have been if you went for it. Don’t live with the regret of not trying. If something is important to you, you owe it to yourself to take the shot.