Quit Twiddling Your Thumbs

There is a time for deliberation….but there is also a time for action.

Deliberation without action gets you absolutely nowhere.  In a war, if military leaders did nothing but deliberate, eventually they would lose for lack of action.

Deliberation is a good thing. It’s good for us to think carefully about our actions, our roles in life, our words that we speak.   This all demonstrates caution and carefulness.

But often we get so focused on the decision making process, and so scared that we will make the wrong decision that we just quit and don’t make any decision.  And so we stay stuck, and wonder why nothing in our life ever changes.

Um, hello?  Start acting.  You can go over things in your mind so much that wear yourself out with the “what ifs” and “possibilities”.

Think about things but not for too long.  If you’ve thought something out then act  on it.  The worst that can happen is that you fail, and you go back to the drawing board, but at least you got out there and tried.

And next time, you now know something that doesn’t work, so you plan again, then go out and do it.

Do this enough times, and you will succeed.  It’s bound to happen.

So quit thinking away your dreams, and start living them.