You know, feelings were never meant to be leaders.

Let me tell you what most people try to do, and it's a costly mistake.

As soon as I feel motivated, I'll start.

As soon as I feel confident, I'll apply.

As soon as I feel inspired, I'll get serious.

That's like a farmer saying, as soon as I feel like spring, I'll plant.

Seasons don't take orders and neither do moods. Some days you wake up and the sun is shining in your heart.

Other days you wake up and it's cloudy for no good reason. If you tie your future to the weather in your chest,

you'll have a very unpredictable life.

Now, I'm not asking you to pretend you don't have moods. I'm asking you to stop negotiating with them

because the moment you begin bargaining with your emotions, you hand them authority. You say,

if you're happy, I'll do the work. And your mood says, well, I'm not happy today.

Then you say if you're calm, I'll have the conversation.

And your mood says, I'm not calm today.

Next thing you know, your mood has a full-time job and you're unemployed.

Here's what I've learned.

The best day to start is not the day you feel learned. The best day to start is not the day

you feel great. The best day to start is the day you decide. You don't wait until you feel like it to

do what's right. You do what's right and your feelings catch up later. You don't wait to feel like

reading to become educated. You read. You don't wait to feel like saving to become financially strong.

You save and do it with a little faith. Faith is not pretending. Faith is acting before the evidence shows up

because moods are like children sometimes. If you let them, they'll run the house. They'll eat candy for dinner and stay up all night

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