excitement in challenges makes them attractive, but the fear of them can also convince you to abandon them. It’s normal to doubt yourself when you are doing something you are not qualified for or when you are attempting to push your boundaries. But whether it’s starting a business, writing a book, or improving your health, the right time to start is now, even if you don’t feel that you are ready for it. Another form of logical procrastination is spending too long on the planning stage when it comes to how you are going to achieve your goals. It is important to plan; however, there is no need to overanalyze things. The more time you spend planning means less time spent doing, which increases your chances of never getting started in the first place. The key is to start working on your project and figure out the details as you go. Society also plays a role in our love-hate relationship with procrastination. The media encourages us to strive for perfection, whether it’s in our marriage, place of employment, or social lives. This encourages procrastination because it’s an impossible ideal to achieve. The fear of failure sets in and you keep postponing what you need to do to achieve your goals. You will push yourself into action when you realize that perfection and procrastination are both obstacles preventing you from becoming successful and disciplined. A powerful technique that can be used to stop procrastinating and curb the desire for perfection is the seventy percent rule. The seventy percent rule states that you should get to work when you are seventy percent certain that you will succeed. One hundred percent certainty doesn’t exist—you will never know whether something is going to work out unless you try it. The only way you are going to master discipline is through consistent action. So when you arrive at the seventy percent mark, decide that you are going to do it and stick to it. For example, you might want to compete in a marathon, but you know you are not fit enough. At your current state of athletic ability, you might be able to run two miles; that is your seventy percent and that’s where you should start. As you train, you will keep building more strength, and before you know it, you are ready to run a full marathon. False Hope Syndrome: False hope syndrome is the belief that it’s easy to change your patterns of behavior. This leads to setting our expectations too high, which results in failure. Most of us have no idea how difficult it is to eliminate bad habits and assume that we are going to get everything we want out of life without facing a battle. False hope results in constant failure, which further