Immediate Action Quotes

“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish. ​— ​J.R.R. Tolkien, author.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“The business philosopher, Jim Rohn, said, “As a human being, you’ve been given the dignity of choice. While other living beings rely on their instincts, you have the power to overrule your basic instincts and negative feelings so as to grow and become more. In a way, procrastination is the ever-present tension we experience between our animal instincts and our higher purpose. It is the cost of being human.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“Autodisciplina es obligarte a hacer lo que sabes que tienes que hacer, independientemente de si quieres hacerlo o no.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Acción inmediata : Un plan para superar la procrastinación y recuperar tu motivación en 7 días

“Our future self is nothing more than the result of the actions we take in the present.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“If you want to thrive, you must understand that your brain is, in many respects, obsolete. You must overcome your fear of rejection, lack of motivation, and the other issues that stem from the way your old brain operates.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“pretending that our future self will do the work for us tomorrow, next week, or next year. It gets even worse when we perceive our future self in a completely unrealistic way. We see our future selves as better, stronger, and wiser than we currently are.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“it is precisely our ability to do what we should do, when we should do it, and whether or not we like it, that determines most of what we are able to accomplish in our lifetime.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“It seems as though you either don’t want to or can’t work on this particular task. Perhaps you should look at the underlying reasons for feeling this way.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“Most of us don’t face life and death situations on a daily basis. As such, procrastination has largely become an obsolete protection mechanism. And, if we aren’t careful, this mechanism”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“When you feel the need to put things off, it’s often because your brain perceives the task as either a waste of energy or a risky move.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“Yet, it is precisely our ability to do what we should do, when we should do it, and whether or not we like it, that determines most of what we are able to accomplish in our lifetime.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. ​— ​Abraham Lincoln, former President of the United States.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“As the author Marianne Williamson wrote, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“I’m afraid of not doing a good enough job. I have no clear deadline or sense of urgency. I have no daily routine to help me start work. My environment encourages unproductive or toxic behaviors. I have too many things to do, and I feel stuck.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“The cost of procrastination is astronomical. It has undoubtedly destroyed more dreams than anything else on this planet. Procrastination is the insidious feeling that leads us to shy away from what we know we should be doing. Yet, it is precisely our ability to do what we should do, when we should do it, and whether or not we like it, that determines most of what we are able to accomplish in our lifetime.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“The more self-compassionate you become, the better you’ll feel and the better you’ll treat people.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“When you keep accumulating unfinished business, you create multiple open loops that take up mental space. Feeling overwhelmed, your mind’s natural reaction is to shut down. As a result, you find yourself stuck.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation

“As a human being, you’ve been given the dignity of choice. While other living beings rely on their instincts, you have the power to overrule your basic instincts and negative feelings so as to grow and become more. In a way, procrastination is the ever-present tension we experience between our animal instincts and our higher purpose. It is the cost of being human.”
― Thibaut Meurisse, Immediate Action : A 7-Day Plan to Overcome Procrastination and Regain Your Motivation