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In my last email, I highlighted something I see with successful business owners over and over. They are successful. And they’re failing.

They’re failing in important areas they’ve chosen to ignore — for now or just haven’t been able to overcome. But here’s the problem: “for now” quickly turns into months and years.

Avoiding what it takes to eliminate the struggle is like ignoring a stone in your shoe. At first, it’s just uncomfortable. Eventually, it wears a hole in your foot.

As I drill down with clients, here’s how they explain why they are living with under-performance in areas of business and life. Notice the order they give:

• I don’t know how to change it.
• I don’t believe I can change it.
• I’m not clear and committed.

If you’ll really hear me on this, it has the power to change your life. They’ve got it exactly backwards. Most people keep coming to a standstill because they’re thinking in this order:

• I’m not clear and committed.
• I don’t believe I can change it.
• I don’t know how to change it.

This matters greatly because: there are answers to #2 and #3. You can learn what to do, and you can build belief. But there’s no getting around #1. Lack of clarity and commitment is a non-starter. Want and commitment must be there — or must be built — or nothing moves forward. You’re just stuck.

Do this: Pull out your list of “Things I Need to Change” from last week. Ask yourself: which will have the greatest impact on my life, business, career, or family? Prioritize your top one or two. Are they important?

What would it mean if you were to commit first? Attached is a simple, powerful, PDF worksheet. Print it out and fill it out. Slow it down. We’re not playing around here. I’ve helped people create millions of dollars, better health, more peace, healed relationships, and plenty more. Big stuff, small stuff, important stuff. If you can dream it, you can create it.

That’s true only if you can get yourself ready to create. Stay focused on what the worksheet is asking. It is not asking why you can’t, what hasn’t worked before, if you believe you can do it, why now is not the right time, or any of that. I’m giving you how to create. All of those would be how not to create. Take those barriers out of the equation for a minute. What’s possible now? What would it mean to you to have those things you say you want?