Tag: Actions

If Want To Get More Done, Do Nothing But What Is Necessary

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Make your actions good and few.

You can get more done if you can make your actions good and few. Do not do many things at the same time. Simplify your life. Simplify your work. Do not start what you cannot finish. And do not start what you know you can’t do. When it comes to your work, always be honest with yourself.

As the great Marcus Aurelius once said, “Do nothing but what is necessary. … by this rule a man has the double pleasure of making his actions good and few into the bargain. For the greater part of what we say and do, being unnecessary, if this were but take away, we should have both more leisure and less disturbance. And therefore before a man sets forward, he should ask himself this question, “Am I not upon the verge of something unnecessary.”

If what you are doing is not contributing to your life, to your work, if it is not making you better than you were yesterday, then stop doing it. Because you are not going to get different results. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.” So if you want to be great, then you must simplify your things.

Remember, You Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Success
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You can achieve success in your life, but it takes hard work. If you are ready to commit yourself, you are ready to make your dreams come true. You are responsible for making your life a masterpiece. No one will do it for you. Gillian Anderson said, “Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.”

“In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.”- Cicero

When it comes to your dreams, just start where you are. Do not talk about what you don’t have. It is easier to talk about what is not there than to talk about what you can do to change your destiny. Remember, if you don’t take action, if you don’t take the first step, you aren’t going anywhere.

“If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.”- George Lucas

You can change that. You can change your life. To do that, you must do the things that are in alignment with your life purpose. Don’t do the things that are not moving you closer to your destination. Do not waste your time. Nothing is free. If you want to achieve something, you have to take action, the right action, to get it. If not, you are not going to get to your destination.