What's Your Whine?

Yes, we know you have a very inspired project or idea you are working on. It's BIG! It's COOL! It's BRILLIANT and has the potential of changing the world (and if not THE world, then at least YOUR world). We also know, however, that you have at least one major WHINE you keep imbibing – a complaint, gripe or excuse – that is getting in your way. Yes, we know you have a "case" for your whine, maybe even a cellar full of good reasons why your whine exists. But if you expect to actually manifest your BIG COOL IDEA, you will need to go far beyond your whine. LET IT GO! DROP IT! STOP INDULGING IN IT! You don't need it anymore. Kapish? Your next step on this fabulous journey? Name your whine. (After that, all you need to do is find the Whine Steward on this fine Wiki site and he/she/it will do their unlevel best to send your whine back to funky place from which it came... AND NOW... it's time to identify your favorite whine for why you haven't _________________________.

1. “I don’t have the time.”

2. “I have way too much on my plate.”

3. “I don’t have the money.”

4. “I have to work all the time to support my family.”

5. “I don’t have an assistant.”

6. “I don’t have the right computer.”

7. “My website isn’t finished yet.”

8. “I’m stuck.”

9. “My day job saps all my energy.”

10. “I’m going through a lot of changes.”

11. “I don’t have the right space in which to work.”

12. “I never have enough help.”

13. “I don’t have all the info I need to take my next step.”

14. “I just can’t seem to get a good rhythm going.”

15. “I’m always exhausted at the end of the day.”

16. “I don’t have a high speed connection to the internet.”

17. “My kids are driving me crazy.”

18. “I’m just not a good business person.”

19. “I’m just not good at promoting myself.”

20. “Mercury is in retrograde.”

21. “I’m being followed by little green men/women.”

Reflect on a quote below, and then share your thoughts with someone close about how to dispose of your Whine:

“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” – Miles Davis

‘Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Goethe

“To accomplish great things we must dream as well as act.” – Anatole France

“Genius is infinite painstaking.” – Michelangelo

“No matter how well you perform, there’s always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it’s lousy.” – Sir Laurence Olivier

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.”– Jonas Salk

“I refuse to be intimated by reality anymore. What is reality? Nothing but a collective hunch.” – Lily Tomlin

“If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.” – Rollo May

“Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

“Do not be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.” – David Lloyd George

“You will never find the time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” – Charles Burton