Take Action Now

We all desire to be successful and live lives full of that which we deem valuable. However, the frequency with which we hear others and, sometimes ourselves, say things like, “Someday I will…” or “At some point I will get around to it…” implies that at best some external event will make a thing possible, or at worst, says the fulfillment of a wish is your best chance for success.

Neither is accurate for anyone; the truth is, success is a choice and is available to everyone. What is achievable by one is achievable by all because we all have the ability to direct our thinking and actions. Remove everything from a man and what remains is the last of the human freedoms; the ability to direct one’s own thinking and choose one’s own attitudes.

No rule, culture, disability, or circumstance can stop a man from arriving at a goal persevered for with diligent action. Being present in today affords you the ability to affect all of the tomorrows to come. Today is the only place you really live and have any real control. Seizing the “now” requires action. Oh, the many articles and books that have been written on the subject; great are their number.

Clichés aside, I feel it valuable to restate here what is of vital importance for your career in general and life as a whole. This is wisdom in the truest sense; think what you will, but know this truth: success will not wait on you, nor will it chase you. Opportunity is always within reach, but you must stretch out your hand and reach for it.

Here I highlight six action points which can serve as useful reminders that all you desire is on the other side of action:

1. Action alone will move you toward your dreams, your plans and the achievement of your goals. Action makes success possible.
2. Action because now is where you live. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is unsure, so grab the opportunities of now.
3. Action determines your value in business and to multiply business you must multiply wise action.
4. Action is necessary. When you are hungry you eat, and when thirsty you drink. Action is required to attain and enjoy both, as it is for success.
5. Action will secure opportunities which will be missed without action. Success will not wait on you nor will it chase you.
6. Action improves courage, strengthens resolve and shrinks fear while at the same time reveals the unknown and empowers faith in the process.

All plans, every dream, even the most attainable goal are rendered impossible without action.

Wisdom from the Grind: Take action now!