Procrastination and perfectionism tend to be symptoms of fear. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of change. It’s much safer to dream about success than to actually take the steps to make that life a reality. We can dream about living in a big house and driving a fancy car and going out on exotic vacations …but taking steps to making those dreams come true is scary as hell.

The first step in overcoming your own obstacles to success is to identify what’s holding you back. What are your personal fears?
One way to identify your fears is to learn to listen to your own negative self-talk That doesn’t mean that you should agree with it. Quite the contrary. Instead, you need to become aware of your self-doubt and turn it into positive talk. But just becoming aware of it is the first step.
For example, let’s suppose you want to become an author. Very confidently assert out loud, “I am a successful author.”