Taking action is essential to achieve our goals and objectives. Without action life’s opportunities remain scattered and abandoned by the wayside.
Intentions and plans proliferate. As human beings, our minds never stop thinking, imagining and creating. We constantly look for something better. The difference between actors and spectators in the theater of life is action.
The road to any objective begins with an initial step. Before assuming the risk involved in implementing any idea, we analyze and consider alternatives and consequences. While logical in process and prudent in theory, too much analysis creates paralysis.
Taking control of our future entails taking action today to eliminate the horrible habit of leaving for tomorrow what can be accomplished today. What we leave for tomorrow can also be postponed for another day. Each day we let pass without definite action towards our burning desire causes us to drift farther away from our objectives, like a boat without a rudder subject only to the winds of change. The best time to implement any activity which promotes positive change for the future is this instant.
The most intense moment of our lives is, in fact, this instant. What happened yesterday and what comes tomorrow can never compare with the intensity of this moment. Yesterday is a dream and tomorrow is a promise yet unfulfilled. The only thing we have with certainty is this instant. What we fail to do in this moment may well be left undone forever.
It is easy to realize what we should do. In fact, often we know exactly what needs to be done and how we need to do it. What is difficult is taking action and actually doing it.
Fear of failure is a common enemy. The possibility of failure is one of the main reasons we stop at the precise moment we need to take action. Failure, as such, is a relative term. Those who have been the most successful in life are also those who have failure as a familiar friend. Failure and success are interrelated. Those who take calculated risks, even in the face of failure, are those most likely to achieve elevated levels of success.
Failure drives us to modify our path in order to assure we reach our objectives. There are many roads to success, yet not one road assures success for everyone. We must each find our own direction. What works for one can be a disaster for another. While starting down a path is essential, making adjustments and managing change is critical. Tomorrow will come with any path we choose, though not always with the desired destination.
Life is a random walk determined by peculiar circumstances which create our direction and destiny. Cultivating the habit of taking action fortifies our character, increases our confidence and allows us to achieve what many deem impossible.
Our ability to build a better tomorrow is determined by the action we take today. It’s not what we know, rather what we do with what we know which is most important.
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