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- SUNDAY: THE SANCTIFICATION
This week, you stop waiting and start moving.
You've spent too many years waiting for applause, approval, or alignment.
This week, that ends.
You've been carrying invisible permission slips your whole life. Permission to speak up in meetings. Permission to start that project. Permission to change directions. Permission to take up space.
Who signed those slips?
Nobody.
You created them. You've been waiting for validation that was never coming from anyone but you.
This week, we revoke the invisible permission slips we've been taught to seek.
We stop asking if it's okay to want what we want. We stop apologizing for taking action. We stop waiting for someone else to tell us we're ready.
Here's what's going to happen:
By Monday, you'll move before you feel ready. By Tuesday, you'll recognize you're already different. By Wednesday, you'll replace every "Can I?" with "Watch me." By Thursday, you'll see the gatekeeper was always you. By Friday, you'll claim authority over your own life. By Saturday, you'll wonder why you ever waited.
The commitment that separates the talkers from the movers:
Write down one area where you've been "waiting"—for the right time, the right permission, the right circumstances. Then take one bold step today without telling a soul. No announcements. No explanations. No asking if it's okay.
Just move.
The sacred truth: No one's coming to give you permission to live your life. The approval you're waiting for? It was always yours to give.
You either own your future or outsource it.
Your move.
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Walk in truth or stay comfortable. Your call.
P.S. I used to ask my wife if it was "okay" to go for a run. Now I just lace up and go. What permission slip are you ready to tear up today?