OK, I lived in NJ for several years.

Having grown up in Ohio, and learned to drive there, I was quite shocked when I moved to New Jersey how often people honk their horns at each other, usually when the car in front of them was not moving, but could.

I, too, find it frustrating when I am sitting behind someone who is too busy doing other stuff to pay attention to the fact that the light turned green, the way is clear, and it's time to GOOOOOOOOOOO fer cryin' out loud!  What in the heck are they doing?!?  Talking on the phone or texting, shaving or putting on mascara, talking to someone in the back seat, or navel gazing.  It frustrates the heck out of me.  I clearly remember my high school Driver's Ed teacher saying to us, "When you are driving, that's your only job, driving.  Everything else is irrelevant.  Pay attention to what is happening!"  And I took that to heart.  Diligent driver R us.  And then I moved to NJ, where even a nanosecond delay in acceleration from a stopped position warrants a horn blaring.  It, how shall we say, miffed me off that "they" could be so rude.  And then I lived there for 17 years and became one of them.  Horn honker.

Now I'm back in Ohio, where, apparently, the light turning to green doesn't mean nearly what it means in NJ.  Just keep doing what you're doing, and if you get around to it, oh yeah, take your foot off the darn brake and press on the gas pedal.  To heck with the people waiting behind you.  Surely where they are going can't possibly be as important as what I am doing at the moment, including blocking traffic.

I often have clients who have all the information they need to take action, take their foot off the brake and press on the gas.   GOOOOOOOOOO!  There's something holding them back, some distraction, some fear, something shiny.  They have all the evidence they need to push forward, it's been discussed to death, they've assessed the benefits and risks and costs and obstacles of moving forward, they have clear goals and an action plan, they've decided to press on the gas, but then they don't.  The distractions are too great, just like the distracted driver who is busy shaving or applying mascara or texting or talking on the phone or talking to someone in the back.  That driver doesn't notice that the light is green and that the way forward is clear.  

How are you doing?   Is your light red or green?  Is your foot on the brake or on the gas?  Given what you know about the benefits, risks, costs and obstacles, where should your foot be right now?  Are you sitting still at a green light?