The pain from sucking is temporary and mostly stems from doing something uncomfortable that rarely looks as bad to others as you think it does.
The pain that comes from not trying at all
On the other hand
Because you’re afraid you’ll suck
Is some bone-deep psychic pain
That makes the pain from sucking
Look like nothing.
I’m here,
Kevin
P.S. In terms of your marketing, you might set a timer for 15 minutes with the full intention of pressing record, publish or post – depending on what you’re most afraid to do – right before the timer goes off and (hopefully) right before you have too much time to think about it.
P.P.S. I did this with regard to the 7-Second Daily Email over 3 years ago and have since written over a thousand of these.
P.P.P.S. And yet … during that 3-year period, I’ve been trying to do the same thing with my podcast with far less success. Let’s do this!