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Are You Using the “I’m Too Late” Excuse?

By Ian Anderson Gray

Confident Live Marketing Podcast

Episode 144

Duration: 30 minutes 27 seconds

Episode Theme: Confidence & Mindset

January 21, 2022

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Do you feel that you’re just too late to the game?
Too late for Facebook Live?
Too late to launch your podcast?
Too late to launch your newsletter?
Just… too late?

If so, you’re not alone. But this thinking is DEADLY.

In this episode, I’ll be sharing the dangers of this thinking, why it’s not all negative, and what you can do about it.

In this Episode

[3:14] The excuses we make
[6:04] The elements of truth in the statement, “I’m too late”
[10:07] Your brain is making a clever excuse
[11:37] Step 1: Be truly honest with yourself
[12:24] Step 2: Can I be honest with the people around me?
[13:01] Step 3: You have to dig deep
[13:57] Step 4: Get help
[14:26] Step 5: Have a plan
[15:25] Steps 6 & 7: Turn up but don’t try to be perfect
[17:50] Step 8: Be consistent
[18:16] Step 9: Work at the internal dialogue in your head
[19:06] Step 10: Be yourself

Watch Episode 144

Ian Anderson Gray

Ian is the founder of the Confident Live Marketing Academy and is the host of the Confident Live Marketing Podcast. He helps entrepreneurs to level up their impact, authority and profits by using live video confidently. He's founder of Seriously Social - a blog focused on live video and social media tools. He’s an international speaker, trainer, teacher and consultant. He has a passion for making the techno-babble of live video and social media marketing easy to understand. As well as being a geek, husband, and dad to two kids, Ian is also a professional singer and lives near Manchester in the UK.