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10 Powerful ‘Taking Action’ Quotes To Inspire You To Take Action

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes
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You can change your life. Do not settle for less. Because you can do more for yourself. You can live more. You can dream more.

If you don’t have the courage to take action, nothing is going to happen. Because action is everything.

Action brings success. Inaction brings failure. If you want to succeed, you must take action. If you don’t want to regret your future, you MUST take action.

‘Problems are good news (almost always). Really.’

When you are ready, here is how to go about it:

‘If you can’t predict the future- and increasingly you can’t- action trumps everything.’

‘Instead of thinking your way into a new way of acting, which is at the heart of Prediction, you need to act your way into the future you want.’

‘If you have insufficient data, make your own.’

‘If you believe that passion and desire must be in place before you act, you may never start.’

‘Nothing happens until you take that first smart step. All the ideas in the world don’t mean a thing unless you do something with them. If you don’t act, all you have is a bunch of ideas.’

‘You don’t need to be obsessed or even in love with your idea, but there must be some reason pushing you forward. Otherwise, nothing will happen.’

‘Before you act … you need to know what you want. If you don’t eventually develop a strong desire, odds are you will never see your idea through.’

‘A key part of moving forward is understanding current reality.‘

‘Once you understand where you are and what resources are at your command, you are prepared to take action, once you determine what you are willing to invest to ‘play.”

‘Know how much you are willing to risk before getting underway.’

Source

Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown (2012). Just Start: Take action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future

8 Tips On How To Create Your Own Meaningful Life

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development

Create your own life. Because you can create it. Live your own meaningful life. Because you can live it. Take care of your environment. Because you can create your own place.

To create your own world, do not forget where you have been, where you are, and where you are going.

Because if you do not know where you are going, you will never get there. According to Joshua Becker, ‘People are attracted to others who are living their mission.’ Because success starts with ‘why am I doing what I am doing?’ When you know what you are doing, it attracts other great people.

‘You don’t have to live like everyone else. In fact, you’ll probably be happier if you don’t.’ Don’t! Don’t! Because it is not going to make you better. Instead of trying to be who you are not, focus on making your life better. When you are better, your life will change. When you change, your life will change.

”The best, most direct pathway to lasting happiness and fulfillment is to look not only at your own interests but also at the interests of others.’ When you look out for others, life will look out for you. What you do for others will come back to you. But not from the same place. Not from the same person. But life will not forget you.

‘You can’t change the past, but you can move beyond it in hope of a better future.’ What is going on in your life right now, it is not going to be there forever. It will come to pass. If you do not give up, your future is going to be better than your today.

‘Let’s run toward our problems. Let face them. And let’s do something about them.’ If you don’t face your problems, they get really bigger. But when you face them, you make them smaller. That is good. Better than not doing anything about them.

‘If we wait to be healthy, perfect, and prepared in every way, we’ll never accomplish anything. Every valuable that has ever been done was done by someone with flaws and wounds.’ The best time to act is now. If you don’t act now, when are you going to act? When are you going to take action? When are you going to say, enough is enough?’ When?

”Courage: action taken not in the absence of fear but in the face of fear.’ When it comes to growth, courage is everything. No one can remove fear, but you can face it. If you can face your fear, you are closer to your success.

‘You have a purpose and a good that you are designed to bring intot this world.’ Follow why you are alive. Do not try to do what other people are doing. If you are not enjoying what you are doing, maybe it is not for you. But do not waste your time looking for the perfect job. It doesn’t exist. It is not out there. And never will.

So if you want to achieve success in your life, you must create the life you want to live for yourself.

The question is, ‘Are you living your real life?’ If not, ‘Are you creating your own meaningful life?’