Here's what I've noticed over twenty years leading teams: the people who make progress are the ones who get in trouble for moving too fast, not for staying still too long.

They ship knowing the trade-off is strategic. They have the uncomfortable conversation. They make the decision before they have all the information because they understand that having all the information is a fiction we tell ourselves to justify not moving.

The other crowd? Still waiting for alignment. Still scheduling the pre-meeting to the meeting. Still asking for one more round of feedback before they're "ready" to make a decision.

If you're waiting for inspiration, you've already lost.

I'm not advocating for recklessness. But here's the uncomfortable truth: most people aren't in danger of moving too fast. Most people are standing still, convincing themselves that their caution is wisdom when it's actually just dressed-up fear.

Progress is often subtle. You don't notice it the way you don't notice yourself aging in the mirror. But nothing changes while you're standing still.

The risk of saying something is real. But so is the risk of not saying it. And in my experience, the regrets that haunt people aren't the times they moved too quickly. It's all that time spent waiting, preparing, planning and going absolutely nowhere.

So here's my challenge: What move have you been delaying because you're waiting for the "right" moment, the perfect conditions, complete certainty?

Stop waiting for the green light that never comes.

Move.