Stop Waiting For Permission To Succeed

Published 2025-11-16 08-16

Summary

You know that feeling when you’re doing everything “right” but still feel stuck? I spent years chasing someone else’s version of success until I stopped waiting for permission to become who I actually wanted to be.

The story

You know that feeling when you’re working hard, doing everything “right,” but still feel stuck? Like you’re following someone else’s blueprint instead of building your own life?

I spent years there. Chasing what I thought success looked like. Checking boxes. Playing it safe.

Here’s what changed everything: I stopped waiting for permission to become who I actually wanted to be.

Most of us graduate thinking education is done. We’ve got the degree, the job, the path forward. But formal education was designed to make us functional members of society – not to help us discover what makes us unique.

Real growth happens when you start self-educating. When you deliberately build habits that align with your actual goals, not someone else’s expectations. When you take action on what matters to you, even when it’s uncomfortable.

The truth? Your thoughts directly shape your reality. Change your thinking, and you change your life. It sounds simple, but it’s the hardest work you’ll do.

I wrote “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21” because I needed this roadmap years ago. It’s about becoming yourself apart from what everyone told you to be. It covers the practical stuff: managing self-talk, learning from failures, finding your purpose, building persistence.

But mostly, it’s about this: You already have everything you need. You just need to unlearn the limitations others placed on you and relearn what’s actually true about your potential.

Success isn’t some distant destination. It’s the compound effect of small, intentional choices made consistently over time.

Stop liv

This post was inspired by my “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21” book, at
https://attilahorvath.net/the-journey.

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Keywords: GrowthMindset, permission to succeed, authentic self-discovery, breaking success expectations