7 Lies to Stopping Telling Yourself if You Want to Achieve Your Goals in 2026
#3 helped me truly break free
We use lies to protect our ego.
We use lies to calm the discomfort.
But they also keep us stuck.
Here are 7 of the biggest offenders.
Lie 1: “I need to be ready before I take action.”
Readiness doesn’t come before action. It comes because of action.
I started wrangling data before I had the title.
I started writing online before I figured out what the heck I wanted to do with it.
I started coaching people to land data jobs before I had my first course built.
Confidence grows from motion, not theory.
In doing, we become.
Lie 2: “I don’t have time.”
Guess what?
You never will.
Also, there is no “more time” coming.
If it matters, you carve space for it.
If you don’t, you weren’t going to do it anyway.
A better question to ask is not “Do I have time for this?”, but “Do I make this a priority?”
Lie 3: “People will judge me.”
You wish.
99% people barely notice.
They are too busy thinking about themselves to give a flying duck about you.
They are wrapped up in their own lives, worries, and insecurities.
You are giving the world (and yourself) way too much credit if you think everyone is watching your every move.
Get over yourself.
Lie 4: “I don’t have relevant experience.”
So how do you think people get experience?
They start without it.
Experience is earned by doing the thing you feel unqualified to do.
That is how every beginner becomes someone others call “experienced.”
Lie 5: “My parents/spouse/neighbor/turtle don’t think it’s a good idea.”
Cool. But they don’t have to.
Nor are they the ones who live with your regrets.
That part is yours alone.
Lie 6: “The market is saturated.”
Good.
Saturation means people want it. It means demand exists.
Your job is not to avoid competition but to stand out through quality, voice, and consistency.
Lie 7: “I’ve tried everything and nothing works.”
Usually this means you tried a few things, briefly, and repeated the same strategy while hoping for a different outcome.
You need two things:
Consistency: doing the same thing every day
Agility: try something different to see how the outcome changes - ideally a strategy proven by someone a few steps ahead of you
It’s officially the last month of 2025.
Make a move today.
A small one is enough.
A clumsy one is even better.
Or you can keep telling yourself you will “make it happen in 202X” for the sixth year straight.
Your call.
"Readiness doesn’t come before action. It comes because of action." ❤️
appreciate the share Sai!