A theme that runs through my daily life, and that has been running through my tweets and blog posts recently, is the need to take action. I cannot stress it enough. I honestly believe the 99% of people do not fail.
They don’t fail to lose weight and burn fat; they don’t fail to build muscle; they don’t fail to get healthier, or fitter, or richer, or any thing that might be added to this list.
Only about 1% of people fail. And that 1% of people is the most successful of the bunch.
How can I say that? Easy. Watch me do it again.
Only 1% of people fail, and for that reason, they are successful.
No, 99% of people never fail. Why? Because they never try.
In order to fail, you have to try. I don’t mean that little try my 2 year old gives me when I ask him to get up. That “fake” try.
No.
I mean really, REALLY try.
That requires breaking the inertia of not doing anything about anything. It requires action.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw once said…
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
That quote has a lot of power. If we are not acting, if we are not trying, then we are only left to react to what comes our way. We give up control of our circumstances.
But…
If we take action, if we try, if we initiate, then we have control over where the ship is headed. And that, my fellow MiddleManagers, if powerful stuff.
I can remember and old saying that went something like, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.”
If you don’t take action, then you are basically doing what you’ve always done.
So… Are you going to get what you’ve always got, or…
Are you going to take action today? If so, how?
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