After a week of playing the Communication Game, I can conclude that I am on the right track here. I start the day by checking the available challenges and picking some of them to focus on. This really motivates me to do things I would otherwise procrastinate. Besides, I often encounter unexpected situations where I can accomplish even more challenges. There is only one ‘but’…

I still feel that something is holding me back. My previous belief ‘Communication is difficult’ is now replaced by ‘Communication is fun’, but it appears it was not the core limiting belief. There is more, something deeper, something that makes me doubt.

After further investigation, I found deeper beliefs that all relate to self-confidence, or the lack of it: fear of showing the true me, fear of confrontation etc.

This results in me rationalizing why I don’t do thing I know I actually should do. I know I must discuss someone’s work, but if I do it by mail, it is not as confronting to me. I know I should do a presentation, but I can do it next month; it’s not that urgent. And so on.

Listening to the Tony Robbins podcasts on Spotify, I heard Tony refer to the Nike slogan: “Just do it!” As simple as this is, it is actually what I need. It is a three-word phrase of discipline.

No more rationalizing my procrastination, just do it! No more avoiding confrontations, just do it! No more fear of giving a presentation, just do it! Stop worrying, just do it!