If You’re Waiting for the “Right Time” to Start — This is for YOU! (Stop Letting Perfection Hold You Back!)
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 28.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Today, Jay dives into a feeling many of us know well: the sense that nothing in life is going the way we hoped. Whether your career feels stuck, your relationships feel off, or you’re just not where you thought you’d be by now. Jay reminds us that feeling stuck doesn't mean you've failed, but could be life giving you a moment to pause and reset. Jay explains that the way we experience reality depends on what we choose to focus on. When we're fixated on what's going wrong, we often miss the small signs that things are already starting to move forward.
Jay also challenges the idea that success is supposed to be linear or perfect. He reminds us that the people who seem ahead aren’t more talented, they just started sooner. Rather tha comparing ourselves to someone else’s timeline, Jay encourages us to focus on our own path and let go of the pressure to have it all figured out. Instead of trying to achieve something massive all at once, Jay encourages us to “shrink the vision, save the dream,” and take small, consistent steps that compound into real transformation. He reminds us that a plateau isn’t a setback, it’s a season of quiet growth that often comes right before a breakthrough.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How to Break Mental Overload with Movement
How to Take Action Before You Feel Ready
How to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time to Start
How to Reframe Feeling Stuck
How to Build Momentum with Tiny Steps
No matter where you are in your journey, remember this: you’re not behind, you’re not broken, and you haven’t missed your chance. Feeling stuck doesn’t mean you’re failing, it means you’re in the middle of growth.
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty
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What We Discuss:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Does It Feel Like Nothing's Working?
02:38 What is the Frequency Illusion?
04:39 Step #1: Stop Trying to Feel Motivated
10:04 Step #2: Break the Mental Spiral
12:07 Step #3: There is No ‘Right’ Time to Start
16:14 Step #4: Consistency Outlasts Talent
24:35 Step #5: Shrink the Vision, Save the Dream
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | This week on Dear Chelsea with me, Chelsea Handler. |
| 0:07.7 | Marin Morris is here. |
| 0:09.3 | You came out of a marriage. |
| 0:11.2 | You came out of quote-unquote country music. |
| 0:13.7 | And you had a huge growth spurt from what I can tell. |
| 0:16.9 | I was expanding and growing at a really fast pace. And yes, you could throw motherhood and the |
| 0:24.7 | postpartum thing, learning about myself. There were a lot of like identity crises going on, |
| 0:29.3 | but I realized like I can't look back and slow down for people. Listen to Dear Chelsea on the |
| 0:35.7 | Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your |
| 0:38.8 | podcasts. You want to realize where you are is a launch pad, not a trap door. Where you're |
| 0:46.6 | standing right now is going to propel you forward, not pull you down. But when we tell ourselves a story and a narrative that where I am is the worst place ever, |
| 0:58.2 | it forces us to stay there. |
| 1:00.6 | You're not stuck. |
| 1:02.1 | You're stabilizing. |
| 1:04.2 | That's a part of growth. |
| 1:06.1 | You're not failing. |
| 1:07.6 | You're getting feedback that life didn't sugarcoat. |
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| 1:13.6 | Jay Shetty. |
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