The difference between great people and everyone else is that, great
people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created
by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.
The difference between the two is the
difference between living fully and just existing. When it is
obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals,
adjust the action steps. Here are some beautiful thoughts derived
from the book, Goals by Gary Ryan Blair.
The odds that
we'll succeed without taking action are about the
same as winning the lottery without buying a ticket!
For those times when
we feel trapped, stressed, or in a prison of
our own making, let's take purposeful action. It's our
get-out-of-jail-free card.
We can't just stick out
our thumb and hitchhike our way to success, we've got to roll up
our sleeves and do the work that needs to be done.
Let's be seduced by the
attractiveness of our goal. Inaction leads to impotence. Taking
purposeful action immunizes us from "Goal Parkinson's," a long,
slow goodbye to our dreams, talents and destiny.
A quality life is
accomplished when thoughtful attention, goal setting, and purposeful
action click into position. Whether our dream is to be or not to be
is largely dependent upon our actions.
The cure for the ills of
procrastination is a heavy prescription of action, until the day
arrives when our dreams and their achievement are one in the same.
When that day arrives, dream bigger dreams and take more action.
A good plan will almost
always get us in the door, but it is action that seals the deal.
Let's not tiptoe toward our
goal but walk confidently before it waltzes off into the arms of
neglect. Dreams become reality through one simple mode of
transportation: purposeful action.
The continuation of bad
habits, such as procrastination and poor follow through, is like
having an addiction to weapons of mass destruction.
It is tragically un-hip
to procrastinate. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people never
display their true potential; it never has an opening night...never
makes a debut.
The bulk of potential
resides deep within each individual just waiting to come out, and it
stays there because people are afraid. The mechanics of achieving a
goal makes it easy for people to relate to the necessity of action.
But when action is not purposeful, it can be an Achilles heel.
When we operate without
planning, we remain forever scattered and confused. You're always
busy, but not much gets accomplished. Without a deeper appreciation
and application of planning the most we can expect is marginal
improvement.
When we set a goal,
there's a distance between our current reality and desired reality.
Procrastination increases the distance and minimizes the chances of
achievement. Procrastination is the mother of regret. It postpones
the future, aborts liftoff at the last minutes.
We will never attain our goals simply by thinking
and talking about them. We must take action as all success comes
down to execution. Unless we take action
to achieve our goals, life becomes a constant series of
postponements, cancellations, and missed opportunities.
We will never attain our goals simply by thinking and talking about
them. We must take action as all success comes down to execution.
Select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring
one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached.
The key is action.
Action
makes more fortune than caution. |