I got an email the other day from a friend who is a talented writer. She felt discouraged that other people’s work gets attention and praise but not hers. “I’ve worked a long time on my craft,” she said. “But still I don’t know if I’m any good at this. Sometimes I feel it is all hopeless.”

I totally sympathize. I’ve been there before. And it got me thinking: why is pursuing our dreams so difficult? What makes getting what we want an uphill battle? In this video, I offer you my answer to these questions and invite you on a thought experiment– step outside of time and look at the relationship between you and your desires from the big picture. What’s really preventing you from reaching your dreams? It’s not your lack of qualification, talent, connections, or discipline. It’s not that you aren’t smart enough, pretty enough, or rich enough. It’s not you.

It’s time.

Watch this video to find out why.

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