There's nothing wrong with the word try and there was no need for me to totally eradicate it from my vocabulary--sometimes I do try things with substantial effort and still end up with undesirable results (e.g. I’ve tried California pizza many times, and it just sucks!). What actually needed shifting was my intentionality behind trying. I was ready to face my tendency to use the word “try” as an excuse to not actually do. These are the 3 things I practiced to make that shift: