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So many of us think we need to be perfect before we can help anyone. We think our Instagram post needs to be profound, our podcast needs to be polished, or our coaching needs to be life-changing. Because we're waiting for perfection, we never start—or we start and then immediately stop ourselves, second-guessing everything, making it so hard that it's not even fun anymore.
We're afraid we'll put ourselves out there and no one will care, or maybe even worse, that someone will care enough to criticize us. That fear feels protective, but it’s really just keeping us hidden. And the cost of staying safe, but small, is steep: the people who need our help never get it. The world doesn’t receive our gifts because we're waiting for a readiness that probably will never come.
In this episode, I give you permission to share your gifts before you're ready. You don’t have to be at the top of the mountain to help someone who's at the beginning of the trail. Someone out there needs exactly what you have to give. You may not be perfect—no one is—but you have lived, learned, and grown, and that’s more than enough.
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By Melissa Parsons5
150150 ratings
So many of us think we need to be perfect before we can help anyone. We think our Instagram post needs to be profound, our podcast needs to be polished, or our coaching needs to be life-changing. Because we're waiting for perfection, we never start—or we start and then immediately stop ourselves, second-guessing everything, making it so hard that it's not even fun anymore.
We're afraid we'll put ourselves out there and no one will care, or maybe even worse, that someone will care enough to criticize us. That fear feels protective, but it’s really just keeping us hidden. And the cost of staying safe, but small, is steep: the people who need our help never get it. The world doesn’t receive our gifts because we're waiting for a readiness that probably will never come.
In this episode, I give you permission to share your gifts before you're ready. You don’t have to be at the top of the mountain to help someone who's at the beginning of the trail. Someone out there needs exactly what you have to give. You may not be perfect—no one is—but you have lived, learned, and grown, and that’s more than enough.
Click HERE to get the full show notes.

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