Take Action, Even If You Don’t Know the Whole Path
AFFIRMATIONS
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Meditation and Reflection
As I take action, all things are becoming clearer and easier for me because I am constantly attracting people who are encouraging and supporting me.
When I make mistakes, I know there is something valuable that I am learning from each experience.
I am enjoying getting feedback that is helping me make the corrections I need to become successful.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Sixteenth president of the United States
It’s long been known by successful people that the world doesn’t reward you for what you know. It rewards you for what you do. Yet, as obvious and practical as that statement is, millions of people every day get tied up analyzing, planning, and organizing instead of simply taking action. They seem to look the other way hoping the rules will change while they’re preoccupied.
In the end, however, what we know or what we believe is of little consequence. The only thing that matters is what you do.
What happens the day you decide to take action? People will wake up and start paying attention to you. People with similar goals will fall into alignment with you. You will begin learning things from experience. Things that once seemed confusing will become clear, and things that once appeared difficult will become easier. You will attract others who will support and encourage you, and wonderful things will begin to flow toward you—once you take action.
As I take action, all things are becoming clearer and easier for me because I am constantly attracting people who are encouraging and supporting me.
There’s an exercise that I use in my seminars to demonstrate the power of taking action. I hold up a $100 bill and ask, “Who would like this $100 bill?” Lots of people start waving their hands back and forth. Other people shout out, “I want it!” or “Give it to me!” But I just continue standing there holding up the $100 bill until someone actually gets out of their chair and comes up and takes it out of my hand. When I ask the group how many of them thought about standing up and coming up to take the money but stopped themselves, half the room raises their hands. What did they say to themselves?
“I was sitting too far back in the room.”
“I didn’t want it to look like I needed it that badly.”
“I wasn’t sure if you would really give it to me.”
“I didn’t want to look greedy.”
“I was afraid I would be doing something wrong and that people would judge me or laugh at me.”
“I was waiting for further instructions.”
So, what did the person who actually got the money do that no one else in the room did to end up $100 richer? She got off her butt and took action—she did what was necessary to get the money—and that’s exactly what you need to do if you want to be successful!
When I make mistakes, I know there is something valuable that I am learning from each experience.
In order to be successful, you have to do what successful people do, and successful people are highly action-oriented. If you hold yourself back for fear of looking foolish in one situation, you probably hold yourself back for fear of looking foolish in others. You have to identify those patterns, break through them, and stop holding yourself back.
Most people don’t take action because they are afraid of failing. Successful people, on the other hand, realize that failure is an inevitable and natural part of the learning process. They know that failure is just a way that we learn by trial and error.
Once you embrace failure as part of the journey to success, you’ll be much more willing to just get started, make mistakes along the way, pay attention to the feedback you receive, make the necessary corrections, and keep moving forward toward your goal. Every experience you have will yield more useful information that you can apply to the next action you take.
So, by now, you have gone through the necessary foundational steps to success—created a vision, set specific and measurable goals, broken them down into small steps, visualized and affirmed your success, and chosen to believe in yourself and your dreams. Now it’s time to take action.
I am enjoying getting feedback that is helping me make the corrections I need to become successful.