Paralysis through Analysis?

 You ever thought to yourself.. I want to……. Fill in the blank.  

I have.  And I have often.  And then Analysis sets in.  I start doubting my idea, thinking about all the ways it won’t work, thinking about what people will say, analyzing numbers, and then the procrastination and the paralysis by analysis hits.   

It’s real.  It’s something i think we all go through.  We come upo with an idea and instead of doing the one thing we should do.. which is… TAKE ACTION, we sit back and we analyze it to the point of inactivity.  You are not alone in this affliction.  I am one of the biggest offenders of this too!  ADHD makes it real fun to work through this beast! 

So paralysis through analysis works in several different ways against our dreams, our goals and our visions.  We all carry demons in us, demons that we can decide to listen to nor not.  We have to quiet them down to allow the alaysis to let us move forward. 

Now not all analysis is bad of course.  There is a period of time where analysis is beneficial.  For instance, working the numbers, drawing the plans, creating the vision.  What I am referring to here is the voices we get in our head that stop us from going with our gut, going after what our vision is and telling us that we can’t do it because it’s going to be hard.  Paralysis through Analysis is designed to keep us in our comfort zone.  It’s designed to ensure we are staying where we are currently so we don’t make any moves that will create discomfort.  

I’m here to tell you it’s ok to get paralyzed for a little while, but what is really paralyzing us is not necessarily analysis, but potentially fear.  Fear, as I’ve said before, false expectations appearing real, can prevent us from doing so much of what we want to or even need to do.  Fear of what people will think.  Fear of success, fear of failure, dewar of rejection, fear of whatever it is that we fear.  It’s ok to be afraid,  In fact, some of the biggest decisions you make in your life may create a great deal of fear and that’s NOT a bad thing.  It does of course create caution at points but remember courage is not the absence of fear but acting in spite of it.  

So be courageous,  allow yourself a moment to be paralyzed by analysis, but don’t let that analysis stop you from taking action.  Don’t listen to the voices you hear in your head.  You are better than those voices.  And if you don’t like what they are saying, work on how they are talking to you.  Remember we are going to be our own worst critics in most cases.  It’s now just a matter of taking action when your voices tell you differently. 

This was a short post I am aware but I have 10 million voices in my head right now.. analyzing and I decided I didn’t give a fuck so I just went with it.