Nerves Are A Good Sign

I love this quotation from Matthew McConaughey in The New York Times:

"Every time I go to work, I have butterflies. I talk to my kids about it: You can be confident and have butterflies.”

100% true.

So many of my clients think that feeling nervous means they lack confidence. In fact, feeling nervous simply means we care about what we're about to do.

When the butterflies stop, that’s when we need to be concerned. That means we don’t find the activity to be meaningful, important, or challenging enough. It means we’re stagnating and living passively.

So embrace the butterflies. They feel uncomfortable, but they’re absolutely a great sign.