Thinking and doing are two very different things
We all know thinking about doing something is very different from actually doing it. If we waited until feeling 100% ready, we’d likely never start. Yet many of us keep waiting. Why?
Knowledge is useless without action.
You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do. Good things don’t come to those who wait — they come to those working on meaningful goals. Ask yourself what’s important, and then have the courage and determination to build your daily life around it. Success won’t come looking for you while waiting around thinking about it.
So why do we wait?
Dreaming and visualizing feels awesome. We set a goal like exercising 3 days weekly and immediately dream how great we’ll feel 10 years from now — before even one day of exercise! Daydreaming that exciting possible future feels so nice and happy.
The hard part is acting on it that first day. It’s uncomfortable. Anytime I do something new and different, I get goosebumps. People may see a confident person, but I just want to run and hide. Let someone else do it. But if I want the result, then there’s no other way.
It’s not just uncomfortable that first time, but scary and hard doing it again next time. You remember the mistakes from last time. You’ve seen others mess up. Really, why do I need to do this?
There’s sadly no other way out. What the heck! Just do it. We’re all in the same boat. We know it sucks. But we attempt it over and over.
If you think it, you can achieve it — that’s true. If you can’t think of it, there’s nothing to achieve since you don’t know what “it” is. You must think.
However, between thinking and achieving, there’s a crucial middle step: you must do it. Think — Do — Achieve.
Cheers,
Amit
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