While some will make excuses, procrastinate, or wait for the "right time" before moving forward, others will bring their goals to reality by choosing to take purposeful action!
Although strategies such as planning, visualization, and putting your goals in writing are important to achieving success; ultimately, taking purposeful action gets you there.
In his book, Goals, Gary Ryan Blair hit the nail on the head when he identifies purposeful action as one of the 10 Rules for Achieving Success. Below is an excerpt:
Take Purposeful Action
The odds that you'll succeed without taking action are about the same as winning the lottery without buying a ticket!
For those times when you feel trapped, stressed, or in a prison of your own making, take purposeful action. It's your Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card.
You can't just stick out your thumb and hitchhike your way to success, you've got to roll up your sleeves and do the work that needs to be done.
The cure for the ills of procrastination is a heavy prescription of action, until the day arrives when your dreams and their achievement are one in the same.
Be seduced by the attractiveness of your goal.
A good plan will almost always get you in the door, but it is action that seals the deal. So you want a guarantee? Well here it is:
Without purposeful action, the only guarantee is FAILURE AND MEDIOCRITY!
Dreams become reality through one simple mode of transportation: purposeful action.
For more information on Goals: The 10 Rules for Achieving Success, click here.
What action will you take today toward achieving your goal or dream?
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