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Hello, World!

I realized at some point last Thursday afternoon that I never sent my weekly newsletter. In the years I have been writing to you, I've missed, maybe, 5 times. Early in this journey, I would have felt terrible, like I let you down and proved I'm not reliable. Those are the olden days of my striving and performing.

And now?

I simply noted that I was full with many priorities last week and decided to use the miss as a way to model humility, imperfection, setting priorities, and taking accountability. In the grand scheme of my life and yours, I know that missing a newsletter is a small deal. Believe me, there are many more painful accountabilities than this.

So, let this week be a chance for you to remember you are human. Humans miss things and make mistakes. Hold yourself with grace, whether those moments are big or small.

Lessons I Live By #5. Stop Overthinking!

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Are you the person who spends hours perfecting a slide deck or obsesses over the wording in every email to get it Just Right? Today's lesson is for you.

Stop overthinking.

The way I think about it is develop an action-orientation. Move faster. Hit send. Pick up the phone.

(A caveat: some things require thoughtfulness and time. Writing most emails is not one of them. And if an email is that sensitive, then it's better to call.)

A couple of weeks ago, I used the word tenant instead of tenet in this newsletter. I so appreciate the emails I received to correct the mistake. And despite the mistake, the earth kept spinning. With his newsletter, I have a rule that I write, read/edit once and hit send. If it took me hours each week to produce this, I would stop from the stress and time suck.

If you're ruminating and overthinking, you probably already know what you want to do. You are just afraid to do it. (What if you make a mistake? What if someone is offended? What if your words come out wrong?)

Trust yourself. If something goes sideways, you have the skills to clean it up.

Just hit send.

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