“No-one has ever stumbled onto an opportunity while sitting down
Go ahead; try to stumble while you sit.”
Life offers us many new ideas, plans and directions. We process, we think, we plan, we decide, we even dream and then ….. we tend ….. to wait.
We wait for the “time to be right” or “a sign” of some sorts. We make excuses and justify our fears – all nicely bubble wrapped in words like “security” or “risky”. We opt for comfort, familiarity and safety while knowing full well that these options make us miss out or even give up. We get caught up in the chaos, we become too busy and we call it “adapting” to our lives.
There is no safety – there is only you limiting what’s possible. Life in itself is a risky business. To be alive is to be at risk, to be free is to be at risk, and to be powerful is to be at risk.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller.
“In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing;
the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing;
the worst thing you can do is nothing”.
– Theodore Roosevelt
Don’t just show up and live life – invent it and then do it.
Have audacity. Live audaciously! Live fearlessly.
Learn to use the words “yes” and “no” more effectively. We say yes when we are supposed to say no and no when we are supposed to say yes! Say yes to opportunities and challenges (you can figure out the how later). Say no to people and things keeping you from your own path.
Get around more action oriented individuals.
When we don’t take action our ideas, plans and dreams disintegrate before our eyes. You know what you need to do. And action is all that is needed. Get off your rear and get into gear.
Successful people plan actions – they don’t plan results.
Definition of happiness: “The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy