Mission Possible – An Incredible Career in 52 weeks (Week 6)

Mission 6 Take Action!

 When
all is said and done more is said than done. That’s because we
have all bought into the biggest lie out there,  that knowledge is power.  You see knowledge is not power,  it is the application and implementation of knowledge that
is power. What you know doesn’t
mean a thing, but what you do with
what you know can change the world. But, it takes action.

 So
what keeps us from taking action? Perhaps we are waiting until there is an absence of risk, or until we are more confident or for
the right mentor to come along, or until we can do it perfectly.  It is often fear of failure that
keeps us from moving forward, but
failure isn’t the worst possible result. Not trying is. If you
try, you have the possibility of
success. If you don’t try you have
already failed. The key is you
don’t have to be good to start, but you have to start to be good. Failure only comes when you don’t take action. Donn Matlack says:  “You’re
either on the winning team or the learning team”. We will not always win, -but we can always learn. If you take five steps towards your goal and one of them is
a misstep, big deal. You’re still four steps closer to your
goal than you were before. Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high
achievers. They simply refuse to
give up. The longer you hang in
there, the greater the chance that
something will work for you.

 The
problem is we’ve become a nation of watchers. We watch reality T.V., we watch others do the dating, we watch others having the adventures. The few do and many watch, and usually those who watch just complain about those who do
and the way they do it. If you
want to be successful you have to take action. Everyone is good at starting. It is that persistence and finishing that will make you
successful. Success is about follow
through. Don’t wait another
day. Start taking action towards
your goals and dreams now.

 “If you would go everyday to a large tree, and take 5 swings at it with a very
sharp axe, eventually no matter
how large the tree, it would have
to come down.” Ron Scolastico