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Success - Why Action Achieves Results!
Success in any entrepreneurial endeavor
is contingent on a simple truth: Learning does not always
require thinking.
Actually, thinking often hinders
learning. Hinders learning? That flies in the face of
most of what we know, doesn't it? As children we were
often reproached when we made mistakes: "You just
weren't thinking! Don't you ever think about what you're
doing?"
Then there's the most successful personal
development book of all time telling us to do what?
...That's right, "Think and Grow Rich". True
it is a fantastic book and a must read for success minded
people. But many of us get so tangled in thoughts that
we can't get out of our "heads" and take the
action required for success.
Socrates, one of the greatest "thinkers"
of all time, said, "Action equals knowledge."
Action, not thinking, is how we achieve results. Take
playing the piano for instance. We could think about
playing the piano but we will never become better until
we start pecking away at the keys. If you were to ask
an accomplished pianist to think about what they are
palying in the middle of a rapturous concert, the music
would probably fall apart into a series of painfully
disconnected notes.
Same is true with typing. Ask a person
who flawlessly types over 70 words a minute to think
about the key strokes, and you could probably watch
the mistakes pile up. Thinking hinders execution. Thinking
can hinder success. The fact of the matter is we can
intellectualize all we want, but until we take action
we will never accomplish anything.
There is a mantra in the martial arts
that says "Ready, Fire, Aim". Simply put,
this means take action and correct that action as you
go. It is quite probable that many businesses never
get out of the starting gate because of over-thinking
and over analyzing. Most people want all their ducks
to be lined up in a row before they begin. This will
never happen. The time will never be perfect. The key
is to get started and then "keep on keeping on."
In the martial arts, students practice
moves over and over and over again. They train their
bodies to transcend thought and take action in the moment.
Imagine a trained martial artist getting attacked on
the street thinking, "Hmm, okay I'm being attacked.
Should I turn my body this way?...or should it be the
other way? Okay, now I have to trap the assailments
arms, tighten my fists, pull back, and strike."
Of course this is not what happens in
the martial arts. The key teaching in the martial arts
is to ACT. NOW! ...In spite of the mind's tenancy to
analyze the situation.
The worst kind of thinking is fear of
failure. The "What if" disease. "What
if I fail? What if people laugh at me? What if I lose
all my money? What if, what if, what if?
Fear is paralyzing. It stops the movement
necessary for success. Fear weakens our resolve, cripples
our creativity, and ultimately stagnates our successes.
Conversely, movement overcomes fear. When struck by
fear, move. Do something!
So, don't wait to explore your entrepreneurial
spirit; take action now. When those pesky thoughts creep
up, and they will, scare them away with the mantra,
"Don't think, don't think, don't think, don't think..."
and watch your dreams and goals cascade toward you.
What is the bottom line? "Don't
think and grow rich."
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