The Power of Action

"How we spend our days, is of course, how we spend our lives."

--Annie Dillard

One of the fundamental laws of success is that the universe rewards those who take action. It rewards you for what you do, not for what you know. This is a very simple concept to understand, but it's surprising the number of people who seem to spend their days doing everything else except for taking action. While planning is often a necessary thing to do before acting, there's such a thing as too much planning or waiting for the mythical "perfect moment" to appear. When I was a rookie officer straight out of the police academy, my salty field training officer told me, "Son, put the books away. Now it's time to get your feet wet." He was right. There are some things that are just impossible to learn without actually doing them. By taking action, you immerse yourself in that rich pool of learning and your absorb knowledge as you go along.

It is so easy to read the books, listen to the tapes, and even change your way of thinking, but when you find that still nothing happens. You ask yourself, "What am I doing wrong?"; "Why am I not making my millions?"; "Why is my life the same as it has always been?"; "What else must I do to make a difference in my life?"

The operative word in that last sentence is the word "DO". You must take action. You must start putting some of the stuff you have read and learnt into practice. You already know everything you need to know to achieve success. You just don't know that you know.

You can read all of the success books available today and still never make a difference in you life if you don't take action.

But how? You ask. Simply start where you are. We all have ideas & dreams about how we want to succeed. Some of those dreams are big & grand, which is great. Keep your big dreams, but don't forget the small ones. You must learn to walk before you can run. What is the point of having a goal of making a $1,000,000 if you cannot make $100? So many people fail on the big dreams because that is all they are focused on. They set a goal for $1,000,000, then get overwhelmed and fall by the wayside, because they have no idea about how to make that sort of money.

All of this will take time, but you will also find that it will lead you down the road to success. Start small so you don't get too overwhelmed too quickly. Learn the small stuff, and the big stuff will come. 85% of effort is in getting started, learning the ropes. Making that first $100. Then from here, as you start gaining momentum, you will find the last 15% will just come.

To climb to the top of a ladder, we must step on the bottom rung. If you have long legs maybe you can step straight up to the second rung. But the point is, you are not going to get anywhere if you don't take that first step. Take Action. Make a start. It doesn't matter what you do, just do it.

Success will always be determined by whether or not you take that first step.Not only is Faith without Works dead, but Goals without Action are also useless. Thanks.