The Timing of Our Dreams: Who Decided When Was Too Late? | EP 584

That dream you quietly filed away? This episode is about where the belief that it's too late actually comes from and why it deserves to be questioned.

Everything you've built in the meantime wasn't a detour. It was the preparation.

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Transcript

Welcome And The Week’s Intention

Who Invented “Too Late”

Proof You Can Start Later

Readiness Beats Age

One Question And One Step

Clarity Support And Goodbye

Sheila 0:01

There's a dream you've been carrying for longer than you'd probably like to admit. And somewhere along the way, a quiet voice decided that the timing wasn't right or that too much time had already passed. Well, this mini sode is about where that voice came from and why it doesn't get to make that call. I've been sitting with my own version of this, and I think what I'm sharing today is gonna land somewhere with you. Stay with me. Hi, welcome to the podcast. I'm Sheila Botelho, and I believe true success is built from the inside out. This mini sode is designed to help you live into what lights you up this week. I want to ask you something, and I want you to actually sit with it for a second. Is there something that you've always wanted to do to create or become or maybe step into that you've quietly filed away under maybe someday or that ship's probably sailed? Because I've been thinking about this a lot lately, about where that story even comes from, about who actually decided when the right time was and when the window closed. And the more I look at it, the more I think that box, the one that says you're too late or too old or too far into one other thing to start another. That box was not handed to you by life. It was handed to you by people who were also handed it. And they meant no harm. They were just passing along what they'd been given. But it's not yours. And you don't have to keep it. Think about some of the people who've quietly dismantled that idea just by living their lives. Years ago, Julia Child worked in government intelligence, believe it or not, before she ever set foot in a professional kitchen. She published her first cookbook at 49. Layland Melvin was drafted into the NFL and then became a NASA astronaut. Two completely different chapters, both extraordinary. Mary McLeod Bethune started a school for girls in Florida with $1.50 and went on to advise a US president. There's so many stories that when we look back, we can see so much incredible, incredible inspiration. And then there's someone modern day times, like Rihanna, who didn't walk away from music, but she also became a billionaire through Fenty because that was also hers to do. One chapter did not erase the other, it expanded the story. And that's the thing I keep coming back to. It's not about starting over. It's about what's next. What's also yours? What's been waiting in the wings while you were busy doing the thing you were supposed to do? And I gotta say, I have my own version of this. Of course I do. There's a dream I've carried since I was young, something creative, something that felt too precious to monetize early. So I set it aside and built something else instead. Something I'm genuinely proud of. And now, with more life behind me and more complexity in front of me, that dream is still there and it's still knocking. And I've had to ask myself, am I going to keep telling myself it's complicated? Or am I going to decide that this is actually the right season for it? Because here's what I know timing isn't just about age, it's about readiness. And sometimes the life you've lived, the chapters that you've already written, the things you've built and navigated and survived and grown through, well, those aren't detours from your dream. They're actually the preparation for it. So this week, I want you to think about that thing, whatever it is for you, the one that you filed away. And I want you to ask yourself just one question. What if the timing wasn't wrong? What if it's actually exactly right in this moment? So this week, I invite you to write down that dream that you've been postponing and ask yourself honestly what one small step toward it could look like right now. Thank you for listening. I hope you carry something from this into your week. And if you're looking for ways to define clarity in your business and in the vision that you have for what's next, there, go to the link in the show notes or in the description below and find out ways we can work together. Have a beautiful rest of your weekend.