Back in high school, I loved challenges. The harder the problem, the more determined I was to solve it. That’s why I competed in city physics competitions—I thrived on pushing my limits.
One competition, I worked through a problem, solved it on my draft paper, and felt confident. But when it came time to copy my answer onto the official submission, doubt crept in.
What if I made a mistake?
What if I misunderstood something?
So I second-guessed myself. I changed my solution as I rewrote it.
I didn’t win.
Later, my teacher—who was on the grading committee—told me something that hit me hard:
"You should have used your first solution. It was correct."
That moment stuck with me. It wasn’t my abilities that cost me the win. It was doubt.
Doubt doesn’t just slow us down. It drains our energy.
It pulls us into endless loops of overthinking, weighing pros and cons, waiting for the “perfect” answer.
Sometimes, it stops us from taking action at all.
And a simple “Just do it” doesn’t always help.
What does help? Action.
Taking action—any action—generates momentum. It refuels our energy. Even if we make a mistake, we gain confidence knowing we can course-correct and move forward.
And here’s something I’ve learned over the years:
🔥 The more energy we have, the less we doubt ourselves.
🔥 The bigger our energetic capacity, the bigger mistakes we can handle—without collapsing.
I’ve made plenty of mistakes. Sent the wrong links. Misspelled names. Made bad calls. And I’ll make more.
But each time, I learn, adjust, and refine.
Because it’s easier to improve something real—something you actually did—than to endlessly tweak an idea in your head, based on nothing but fear.
Mark Cuban put it best:
"It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All that matters is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are."
So today, I challenge you: What’s one thing you’ve been hesitating on?
Take the step. Make the move. Skip the doubt.
And if you’re ready to work on building high energy and capacity, so doubt loses its grip on you—let’s talk. 🚀