Tag: action

Why You Can’t Get Anything Done

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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“Action is the fundamental key to all success.”- Anthony Robbins

It is not enough to dream. You must take action to make your dream a reality. If you want to change things in your life, don’t be a dreamer, but a doer. It is even better for you to be a dreamer and a doer. Why is that? Because everything starts with a dream.

If you want your dream to grow, if you want it to change your life, you must take action to make it happen. Nothing happens by accident. You know what to do to change your life, but you are not doing it. You are not doing it because you are scared of not doing it well. You don’t want to fail. You want it be perfect. You want to know everything about your dream before you start pursuing it. If this is what you have been doing to your life, it won’t work. You have got to change it.

To get things done, start where you are, with what you have. Don’t wait for the perfect time to come. When it comes to growth, there is no perfect time to start. If you want to start, now is the right time.

If You Want To Really Live Your Life, You Must Stop Preparing To Live

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Tomorrow will not change if you are not ready to take action today. Preparation is the beginning of growth, but not the end of growth. If you want to change things, prepare to succeed, not to fail. Too much preparation can lead to failure. Because success comes from knowing when to stop preparing. You cannot prepare all your life. It is time to start doing something. Don’t hide your gifts, bring them out. Don’t use preparation to delay your life. It is good to prepare, but don’t prepare forever.

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live.” It is time to start living. Stop preparing for what you already know. Start doing what you have trained yourself to do. Without action, preparation is useless. If you know you are not ready to go to work, why are you getting ready? You get ready, then you go. You prepare, then you act. Remember, “Knowing is not good enough; you must do. You must act. You must apply what you know.” If you want to change yourself, your life, you must act.