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Will Rogers is a significant icon of American history. His comment today, “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there,” is very simple and yet truly profound. What a great reminder for us all.

We can have all the wisdom in the world. We can have the best plans in the world. But if we procrastinate and don’t take actions—if we don’t take the risk of stepping out or getting out of our comfort zone—we absolutely will get run over anyway. I know several inventors who had great ideas that could have changed the world. But because they were so afraid that someone might steal their idea or they were unable to find a partner that could help them market or to manufacture it, they ended up taking those inventions to the grave.

It’s important for you to understand that even when you have the best of everything ready to go, you are not finished until you take the first step. Why not start today?

Think about that.

Everyone knows me as the mindset guy. But the truth is even with a perfect mindset, if you don’t pair it with action, you won’t go anywhere. They are the Yin and Yang of success.

Mindset and Action are the first and second ingredients of any base recipe for success.

The difference between who you are and who you want to be is all wrapped up in how you think and what you do. When you come to a place of thinking about your thoughts, you are at the best starting point. But thinking is not enough; you must take action. Your first behavior is that’s what puts you on the path to your full success. However, there is a fine line between forward action and busy work. You have to think about what is needed and what is not really. Then, you take action and adjust as you go.

The secret is to just…start.

Take Action:

I invite you to take a few minutes today to stop, pull out your journal, and ask yourself this: The actions that you have planned for today…are those actions directly connected to where you want to be and who you want to be? Or are they “busyness”? Does your workload day-to-day come from your inbox? If so, you have to strip away substitute activity and focus only on the tasks that get you to your goals.

It sounds simple, but it takes incredible discipline.

We all have demands. My schedule is insane with multiple business interests that I keep up, that I enjoy doing, that I like building. With my private clients and the one-on-one time, we spend a lot of time talking about how to get them where they want to be. How do we do all that? It’s through proper mindset, through strategic thought, and through disciplined action. That combination is key.

Whatever excuses you may have going on, I can tell you flat out- fear typically drives most excuses I’ve run into.
Whenever I’ve held up and procrastinated, or I couldn’t quite get something over the finish line, it is always from being uncertain and afraid.

Being brutally honest with yourself is the secret to figuring out why you are not stepping forward. Once you do, by taking that first step, momentum is yours.

Relationships can be tricky things. We all have a picture in our minds of what the perfect dating relationship, or marriage relationship, or best friendship should look like. Business relationships can be equally challenging if we are not careful.

Why is that? A lack of honesty and candor.

As I think back over the relationships, both personal and professional, I can say with a clear conscience that the reason it did not turn out as desired is due to the lack of honesty and candor. I did not say what I truly thought. Nor did I present the true person I am to the other individual in the relationship. I held details and perspectives back, rather than openly invest as the “me” I am.

The best relationships occur when both members are open, honest, and speak to one another with full investment in one another’s success, dreams, and goals. When we don’t go at our relationships with this level of fervor, we end up with something far less meaningful, less exciting, and less fulfilling.

Think about that.