"Just do it." Nike
These are two quotes that come to mind when I think of being action-oriented. I spoke with a friend last night who was telling me of three, different ideas he had come up with. They seemed like solid business ideas. He articulated to me all the possibilities and why they would work in reality. I told him that I was impressed, but not convinced it would make a dime in reality....why?
Ideas are a dime a dozen, even good ones. What sets apart those who are successful and those who are average is the ability to put feet to ideas and make them really move into reality. It has been said time and time again that an idea is just a fantasy until you put it down on paper. Well, that's true, but there is one more all important step. Do it!
Many times there is this internal battle between your desire to relax and your desire to get something done. It will always take will power and a commitment to take that first step to do what needs to be done. It is essential when you think about that thing you need to do, to stop thinking and just do it! Take your conscious captive, and don't allow yourself the opportunity to reconsider due to laziness or fear. Too many people have the thought and say, "I'll do it tomorrow" or "that is just unreasonable." The truth of reality is that tomorrow is always just beyond your fingertips and unreasonable is only what you put there.
It is also true that if you don't put things off, and get them done now, you have more of a real chance to relax later because you feel you accomplished something. No one really relaxes when they don't feel they have accomplished anything that day. They, more so, become callous and numb to doing anything that matters. Then one day, when they are willing to stop and think, they see they have wasted their lives on menial task and nothing that really seems to matter. Don't be that person. Once you have a thought to do something, write a plan of action, and then just do it. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
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