Tag: Reality

Before You Act

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘Treating an uncertain world as if it were predictable only gets you into trouble.’

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

‘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.’

‘Before you act … you need to know what you want.’

‘The people who excel at creation don’t spend months or years assembling resources. They like to get started quickly- immediately, if possible.’

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

‘In the worst of all possible worlds, you are going to fail quickly and cheaply as a result of using Creation. That is not a bad thing.’

‘You are only one thought away from an insight that can make a problem go away, perhaps turning it into an opportunity in the process.’

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

Source:

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

Let God Do This For You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Spirituality

No matter what you are facing right now in your life, you are not alone. You are not facing it alone. God is right there with you. God is watching you to see how you are going to go about it.

God is not far from you. He is right there with you. He is just testing your faith. God wants to see what you can do without Him.

Remember, ‘life is full of tests.’ That is why you shouldn’t think that God doesn’t love you. No, that is not the point. God loves you. He wants you to grow. He wants you to develop your wings. He wants you to be who you really are. He wants to see who you are when you are tested, when you are under pressure.

So, when life hits you, do not give up. When life takes on you, remember that ‘life is full of tests.’ When things are not going well for you, remember that ‘everything great is learned and earned through pain.’

When life tests you, remember that ‘God tests us to refine us- not to punish us.’ From today, whatever it is that you have been avoiding, now is the time to get serious with what you are doing. Now is the time for you to focus on what you have been avoiding.

Remember, today is your reality. If you do not want to face the same thing tomorrow, you must face your reality today. ‘Don’t wait; don’t put it off. Do it now.’