Design Your Life with Creative Calling + Debbie Millman

If you're waiting for a feeling state to happen in the future to make you feel better than you do today about doing something, you're going to wait for the rest of your life. The only way to start to feel more comfortable about doing something is to actually do it.

Think about what it is you really want more than anything else, and if that's what you want more than anything else... then pursue it as if your life depends on it. Because it does. And you have the power to make that change if you want it badly enough.

Courage is the birthplace of confidence. You take that step into the unknown hoping that you will be able to do something successfully, and then that successful attempt, if you are able to do it successfully, breeds more confidence as you do it over and over.

Expect that anything really great is going to take some time; that you're likely going to fail; that if you're not failing enough, you're probably taking not taking enough risks; and that you'll begin to develop confidence as you practice doing it successfully.