Are You A Bottleneck?

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Life Coach, Motivational, Personal Development, Mental Health, Life Coaching, Self-help, Education

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Have you ever caught yourself blaming others for delays when you might actually be the bottleneck? Today we dive into the ancient wisdom of Aesop's fable "The Traveler and His Dog," a story that perfectly captures how we often project our own procrastination onto others. 🚨 LIMITED TIME 🚨 Have you ever considered creating an online course? My dear friend Amy Porterfield's Course Confidence Bootcamp helps you make the four core decisions that will shape your course: 🎯 Topic selection 🤝 Pro...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
0:09.8	The Traveler and his dog, do I have a good ASOP fable for you today?
0:15.2	And personally, I feel vindicated by this because I'm fast.
0:18.7	I'm often waiting for people.
0:20.6	And I feel like I spend a lot of my
0:22.3	time sitting around waiting for my husband, waiting for my friends. I'm often early when it
0:27.3	comes to, you know, even going for lunch or attending a zoo meeting, whatever. Here it is. I'm
0:33.9	reading you the story and asking you a question about this today. The traveler and
0:39.9	his dog. A traveler about to set out on his journey saw his dog stand at the door stretching
0:47.1	himself. He asked him sharply, why do you stand gaping there? Everything is ready but you, so come with me instantly.
0:57.5	The dog wagging his tail replied, oh master, I'm quite ready. It's for you who I am waiting.
1:05.9	The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend. Ooh, does this apply to you? Are you like me,
1:15.7	the dog who's ready, or the loiterer? Okay, people who procrastinate or hesitate, I know this from
1:23.0	coaching for a long time, often have this tendency to blame others for holding them back. Even when it's
1:30.3	their own delay, it's simply a lack of awareness in a lot of cases. So imagine this. Imagine
1:36.3	you're leading for the airport, for example, and you're packing, getting your charger and all the
1:40.1	bits and bobs together, and your friends by the door checking their phone.
1:45.5	You're like, why are you standing there scrolling?
1:48.2	Your friend was ready.
1:50.8	You were the one slowing things down.
1:53.8	Are you projecting your delays or shortcomings?
1:58.0	What if there is, for example, a work deadline?
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