This morning I shared how I didn’t attempt the intentionality that I aimed for when I wrote When Guilt is a Good Thing. I said I wanted to change. To be a woman who radically lives the faith she believes. To change the world. To know Christ.
And then…I failed. High aspirations to a few passing thoughts.
My husband left a comment, or rather just a link, to this morning’s post.
W. Clement Stone, who built an insurance empire worth hundreds of millions dollars, would make all his employees recite the phrase, “Do it now!” again and again at the start of each workday. Whenever you feel the tendency towards laziness taking over and you remember something you should be doing, stop and say out loud, “Do it now! Do it now! Do it now!”
I often set this text as my screen saver. There is a tremendous cost in putting things off because you will mentally revisit them again and again, which can add up to an enormous amount of wasted time. Thinking and planning are important, but action is far more important. You don’t get paid for your thoughts and plans — you only get paid for your results.
When in doubt, act boldly, as if it were impossible to fail.
In essence, it is.
- Steve Pavlina
It’s true. I’m wasting more time thinking and reminding myself to think than acting. It’s not like these are hard, life-altering tasks. Most of them are quite small and would really take little effort. So why not?
Why not spare a few minutes of my life to impact someone else’s? To take the first step to change the world—to affect the life of another for good. To live with God in the forefront rather than on the shelf. Really…what is there to lose?
What are you mentally revisiting these days? Why not take action with me?
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