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Stop Waiting For Permission to Start! (It's Cowardice)

10 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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This is a short excerpt of Chris Collins speaking about how many people wait for 'permission' to act, criticizing the self-help industry as monetizing and granting that permission instead of encouraging independent action. He frames waiting as cowardice and suggests people could start without external validation.

What people are doing most of the time.
Is waiting for permission. Like, most people are walking around. Like, the whole self help industry is basically giving people permission. Right. Like in. The more you pay these gurus or whatever it is, the more permission they give you to do the thing that you should be doing anyways. Yeah. And they don't tell you you could do it on your own. No. But there is a tremendous amount of cowardice in. In.