What’s my excuse? What’s my excuse for not acting? What’s my excuse for sitting on the couch, wasting my weekend? What’s my excuse for just making it through the week to Friday? My standard line is that I’m scared. I struggle with anxiety. That it’s too hard. That I’m going to fail. Lies that I hypnotize myself with. They keep me safe.

It’s much easier to do nothing. To not really give 100 percent. If I never really try then I can never really fail. It feels so much better to be able to fall back on “If I really gave it my all then I would succeed.” Lies again.

What’s your excuse? White, Black, Woman, Gay, Not Smart Enough, Too Old, Too Poor. These are lies we tell ourselves so we can stay in our comfort zone. We live in the most free age in human history. Anyone of us has access to near infinite amounts of information at virtually no cost. There are no systemic forces keeping us down. The Internet has democratized information and business.

I’m going to shake off these lies and go out and kick some ass. I hope you do too.