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Take Action Quotes

    “The teacher learns more than the student. The author learns more than the reader. The speaker learns more than the attendee. The way to learn is by doing.”

    James Clear, Blog

      “If you want to change your story, change your actions first. When we choose to act a certain way, our mind can’t help but rework our narrative to make those actions become coherent. We become what we do.”

      Seth Godin, The Practice (Page 19) | Read Matt’s Blog On This Quote ➜

        “You can’t steer a stationary ship.”

        Nicolas Cole | Read Matt’s Blog on this quote ➜

        Gerhard Richter Quote on Ideas and How They Won’t Come to You—You Have To Find Them

          “It is a danger to wait around for an idea to occur to you.  You have to find the idea.”

          Gerhard Richter, via Daily Rituals

          Beyond the Quote (Day 413)

          Ideas are the treasure of your mind. They represent pockets of overlapping information that have the potential to yield a valuable return. And like treasure, they’re revealed only through motion, activity, disruption—never the opposite. Treasure is buried. It’s hidden away. It’s off the beaten path. It doesn’t just lay itself on the front door of your mind. It’s only discovered in the depths of your consciousness. It doesn’t come to you; you go to it.

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            “You can’t think your way into acting better but you can act your way into thinking better.”

            Russell Brand, Recovery (Page 160)

            Martin Luther King Jr. Quote on Taking Action and How There Is Such A Thing As Being Too Late

              “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”

              Martin Luther King Jr.

              Beyond the Quote (Day 383)

              There is such a time as too late. Just as quickly as yesterday has already come and gone—so, too, will today soon fade away. Procrastination is a very real and deceitful combatant that is waging war on our most precious commodity—time. And if we continue to align with apathy and complacency—procrastination will surely win and leave us with nothing behind except a head full of ideas and regret.

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              Quote on Starting Where You Are With What You Have—Even With Fear, Pain, and Doubt.

                “Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling, but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just… Start.”

                Unknown

                Beyond the Quote (292/365)

                What makes you think starting later is going to be any better than starting now? What makes you think the fear or pain or doubt or trembling won’t be there later just as much (if not more) than it is now? What makes you think starting is ever going to be easier? How about we call your desire to do later that which you could do now what it actually is: procrastination.

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                Tony Robbins Quote on Doing What You Know Because Knowing What To Do Isn’t Enough

                  “It not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know.”

                  Tony Robbins

                  Beyond the Quote (286/365)

                  While common sense is common (although some might argue), common sense is not common practice. I find it to be true more and more every day that what we are lacking in the world isn’t more solutions. Solutions are plentiful. What we’re lacking is execution of solutions. What we’re lacking is people’s ability to choose to do what’s hard over what’s convenient and expedient. What we’re lacking is the will, work ethic, and wherewithal required to bring the viable solutions that have already been thought up, to life—to our lives. Or is there more to it than just that?

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                  James Clear Quote on Taking Action and Why Today Might Be The Best Time To Act

                    “Today might be the best chance you have to take action.  The longer you wait, the more deeply embedded you get in your current lifestyle.  Your habits solidify. Your beliefs harden. You get comfortable.  It will never be easy, but it may also never be easier than it is right now.”

                    James Clear, Blog

                    Beyond the Quote (229/365)

                    Your ability to get done what you know you need to get done, even when you don’t want to do get it done, only gets easier (ironically) the more you actually get it done. Did you catch that? In other words, action begets action. Consistent action taken at consistent times for certain tasks formulate habits. And habits make taking action easier. Aligning your life with this truth can help you maximize your efficiency in effort and expedite your path to success.

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                      “Any action you take may not bear fruit immediately. Until it does—do not resist what is. If there is no action you can take, and you cannot remove yourself from the situation either, then use the situation to make you go more deeply into surrender, more deeply into the Now, more deeply into Being. When you enter this timeless dimension of the present, change often comes about in strange ways without the need for a great deal of doing on your part.”

                      Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (Page 210)

                      John C. Maxwell Quote on Setting Yourself Up For Success

                        “Set the tone for your day by treating people better than you expect to be treated by them. Be the first to smile. Express your appreciation for them. Expect the best out of them. If you act first, you will set yourself up for success.”

                        John C. Maxwell, Today Matters

                        Beyond the Quote (146/365)

                        One thing is for sure, the opposite certainly won’t set you up for success. You can treat people worse than you expect them to treat you. You can wait to smile until they smile at you. You can withhold any appreciation you might have towards others and express gratitude only when it would be rude not to. You can expect the worst out of them. The thing is, though, if you wait to act, you will be outsourcing part of your success onto them—to people and circumstances out of your control. And is success even possible if it’s out of your control?

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                        Gary Vaynerchuk Quote on Energy and Shifting from “Defense” to “Offense” During COVID-19

                          “Whatever energy you put into something will manifest itself in equal amounts when it comes out.”

                          Gary Vaynerchuk, Crushing It

                          Beyond the Quote (81/365)

                          Rather than go on defense and pray and wait and hope that everything turns out okay for you and your family—go on offense!  Time is our most precious commodity and if you have an abundance of it from the COVID-19 crisis, then it’s time to utilize that time and make something happen.  And I’m not talking about panic buying and stocking up on your toilet paper.  I’m talking about taking initiative and making moves that will leave you—not behind or even in alignment with where you were before the crisis—but AHEAD.  And the only way to get ahead is to shift from ‘damage-control’ defense to ‘abundance-mindset’ offense.  Here are some ideas:

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                            “To live is to deal with challenges and setbacks.  No one is immune to the bullshit life flings our way; but our actions can make that bullshit better or worse.  If you look back at your life, the biggest lessons you learned didn’t come from a Tumblr quote or celebrity PSA; they came from harsh reality checks when the shit hit the fan.  That process isn’t going to get any more enjoyable as you grow, but if you anticipate the learning, then the moments you have in life end up being that much more enriched.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 84)

                              “The world doesn’t stop for our tragedies; it keeps moving, and we have to keep moving with it.  Stop handling your tragedies like a child, and deal with them like an adult.  Adults show up for work, children stay in bed.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 62)

                              Quote About Showing Up For Life—On Collecting Scars Not Avoiding Bruises

                                “Maybe life isn’t about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it’s about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it.”

                                Unknown

                                Beyond the Quote (67/365)

                                Good judgement comes from bad judgement remembered.  Bad judgement happens when we interact with the world in a way that doesn’t align with the nature of reality.  The only way we can ever know if our judgement is “good” or “bad” is by interacting with the world.  Reality is the judge and the jury.  By avoiding reality, we avoid finding out.  By not finding out, we avoid getting bruised, yes, but we also avoid the deeply felt lessons that only those bruises can ever deliver—the lessons that only reality can teach us.

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                                Steve Carlton Quote on Getting Out Of Your Own Way

                                  “You’ve gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.”

                                  Steve Carlton

                                  Beyond the Quote (63/365)

                                  The ideal way to go from thought to end destination is through appropriate action.  Simple enough, right?  That’s the way you bring entrepreneurial ventures from thoughts to life.  It’s how you incorporate healthy lifestyle habits into your daily routine.  It’s how go from grade school to high school to college to job to career to living your imagined lifestyle.  And it all happens through the appropriate actions that you take once the appropriate thoughts get confirmed in your head.  But, as I’m sure you’re aware, taking appropriate actions isn’t all that simple.  Before you can take an appropriate action, you have to have the appropriate thoughts in your head confirmed.  And THIS is where most everybody gets tripped up.

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