Tag: success

I’m of the mind that deeds, know matter how big or small, are important not words. Your actions  say a lot about you as a person. We all can be guilty of loving the THOUGHT of great outcomes. We can be so focused on the prize, but it often causes us to lose sight of the details that need to happen to get to the prize. I believe it was the motivational speaker Eric ‘ET” Thomas who said “Everyone wants to be a beast until its time do what beasts do..” Let that sink in for a moment. Although it is a simple that is the point: anything you want to do or accomplish in life is probably not going to be an easy endeavor but if you believe in self then you are willing to do the things required to make it feasible. My wife always says: “Anything worth having is worth working on.”

Another great quote:

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” –Laozi 

I like to think of this quote from an actual plan and execution standpoint because as I stated earlier it’s easy to default and fall to the outcome but there is typically a long distance between getting started in anything and reaching that outcome. I once had a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu student who on day one asked me if he could fight mixed martial arts as a goal. I told him anything is possible if you are willing to do the work. He wasn’t the most talented martial artist, but he had the heart and focus to stick to the plan and he was able to achieve his outcome. He achieved a mixed martial arts (MMA) record of 3-1. I’ve seen very talented and mediocre people fail to reach their goals.

Admiral William McRaven made an amazing motivational speech to the graduating class of the University of Texas in 2014. In a nutshell, it speaks to specific actions taken everyday that will change the world. In his example it was making your bed everyday (might read Ann’s post about making your bed) as the analogy. This concept applies to anything you do – career, relationship, health and wealth. If you want to be in shape it starts will the little details of eating correctly for your body. You can’t change the world by just ideas it is the application and execution of little actions that is necessary to execute on the idea you have.

You don’t have to re-invent the wheel, many of the basic details and actions have already been mapped out for you. All you have to do is follow the map for to achieve the desired outcome. Talk is not going to get it done. It’s going to take actions and possibly a lot of it to get what you want done. This is critical for us as we build wealth and true residual income. And as we work with people we find they talk a good talk about their desire outcome, but put little to no effort into the actions it takes to get what they want.

Be a doer not a talker. Take actions. Don’t tell people you are going to get fit – do it. Don’t tell people you are going to have an amazing relationship people admire – do it. Don’t say you want residual income – do it. Then others will see your successful.