Here are 5 Crucial Actions You Can Take Today to Change Your Life

Craig Stanland
5 min readFeb 23, 2023

You’ve got a dream.

When you think of it, you come alive, you feel incredible, you think about taking the 1st step, and then cue the screeching brakes.

Fear, self-doubt, and “who the hell are you to pursue your dream” enter your mind.

You think about all your responsibilities, there isn’t enough time, and the guilt kicks in:

“Who am I to want more when I already have so much?”

It’s enough to stop you where you stand. Frozen and frustrated.

But the dream keeps calling to you, and you feel the highs and lows of this dream.

If you’re lucky, there comes a time when the fear of NOT doing something outweighs the fear of doing that thing.

The moment this happens is one of the greatest gifts available to us.

It’s when we’ve grown sick and tired of being sick and tired.

We experience more pain from not taking action than we do when we think about taking action.

It’s a landmark moment in our life.

Because it allows us to take, what before this moment seemed utterly terrifying and impossible, our 1st step.

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Craig Stanland
Craig Stanland

Written by Craig Stanland

From corporate success to federal prison, I share my journey to rediscover joy, meaning, and purpose. Join me in reinventing your extraordinary second act!

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