Make Every Day Count: Insights from Someday Is Today

This week, I am sharing snippets from Someday Is Today by Matthew Dicks.

Matthew Dicks is a bestselling author, champion storyteller, and teacher known for his practical insights on productivity and creativity.

In Someday Is Today, he breaks down the barriers that hold us back from achieving our goals and offers actionable strategies to make the most of our time.

Through engaging stories and thought-provoking exercises, he challenges readers to stop waiting for the "perfect moment" and start taking small, consistent steps toward their dreams. If you’ve ever felt stuck in procrastination, this book will help you shift your mindset and take action today.

Here is 11 snippets from the book to inspire you through this weekend.

1. Remember: a yes can always easily become a no if needed.

2. Yes is not a permanent state of being. It’s a willingness to try something new, even if that thing strikes you as ridiculous, unappealing, time-consuming, or foolhardy.

3. One of the primary stumbling blocks for most of the creative and entrepreneurial people I meet is the inability to actually launch their endeavor.

4. They also tend to cling to their original vision, unable to see divergent paths and new opportunities. They have dreamed of a single thing for a long time, and as a result, they cannot reconfigure, reimagine, or pivot to something new.

5. You must launch, regardless of your state of preparation or accumulation of resources.

6. The desire for perfection is nothing more than fear masquerading as something else.

7. You must remain nimble, open-minded, and adaptable. You must embrace imperfection, confusion, and evolution.

8. Start something new. Forget about the perfect launch or the right equipment or the ideal partner. Just start.

9. More than likely your need for perfection is simply a symptom of your fear of failure or your tendency to procrastinate.

10. Just starting something, as imperfect as it may be, already makes you better than the vast majority of people, who never start anything.

11. Be better than everyone else. Start something terribly imperfect today. Or be like everyone else and go nowhere.

P.S. I’d love to know: What is the single snippet above that sounds most interesting or impactful to you?