People misconstrue that boldness is a personality trait.

But I believe in tied to research that I've done, that boldness actually starts in your brain first.

And boldness is a neurological skill that can be trained, developed, and evolved. What's the cost of the inaction? Right? So if you're counting up the cost of what it will take to do this new thing, what's the cost of the inaction? What is it costing you not to do anything? What is that intertension that you know you still sit with that's costing you on this side. And then when you look at the cost of inaction

versus the cost of what it would take to move forward, I tell people sometimes that decision

becomes a lot clearer on moving forward versus staying stuck. And a lot of times, we're not willing

to count of the cost of inaction. That's Krista Stepney.

She's experienced leadership strategist who helps high achievers get unstuck and move forward, especially when it feels like the hardest thing to do.

She's also the author of the book, Move Anyway, a guide for overthinkers, perfectionists, and almost starters.

Still learned, one, how to identify and address the root causes of inaction. Two, how to take your power back from comparisons and self-doubt. And three, two powerful scripts for when you're stuck. And if you want a quick summary write up with the actionable takeaways that Krista shares, I recommend you sign up for the free Gold Nugget email newsletter, which you can find over at Awesome At Your Job.com. I'm Pete McItis. This is How to

Be Awesome at Your Job. And now here's Krista. Christa, welcome. Thank you so much, Pete. I'm honored

to be here today. Well, I'm excited to talk about your insights for overthinkers, perfectionists,

and almost starters.

I've seen myself in those roles numerous times.

Could you kick us off with a particularly surprising and fascinating discovery you've made while

working with these folks?

I'm happy to share.

So a lot of times when people think about these different categories of overthinking,

perfectionism,

or almost starting, you start to identify as one of those personas. In actuality, there's a recent

study that came out last year from the University of Northern Colorado's social research lab

that says that within the workforce, 93% of respondents identify in some way of perfectionism that shows up at work.

So when we think about the fact that we spend the majority of our time usually at work,

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