Tag: action

• Get Out Of The Way

  Sometimes the best thing you can do is to get out of the way.

  You don’t have to involve yourself in every decision, situation, or conflict.

  Some things are better left alone

  They may even work themselves out better without you.

  Ask yourself if your input or your involvement are necessary, or even desirable.

  Ask yourself if this is the most important thing upon which to focus your attention.

  Choose your battles wisely and make sure they are actually your battles before getting involved.

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  GET OUT OF THE WAY
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  June 1, 2024

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• Take Action

  Take action while you have the chance.

  Life does not wait until you are ready.

  The timing will never be perfect.

  Ready enough may be as ready as you will ever be.

  The worst that can happen is that you fail.

  But you can also fail by doing nothing.

  It is better to risk failure by taking action than to guarantee failure by doing nothing.

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  March 8, 2024

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• Just Another Day

  Tomorrow is just another day.

  It is nothing special.

  You will not magically transform into some better version of yourself overnight.

  Who you are tomorrow is the result of what you did today.

  So do something today to make your life better.

  Take action now in the direction of the person you want to become.

  It will take time, effort, and dedication.

  Meaningful change happens slowly, over a long period of time.

  And it will not be easy.

  That is why you should not wait until tomorrow to get started.

  Anyway, tomorrow does not exist.

  It is a figment of your imagination.

  All you have is now.

  What are you doing now?

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  January 1, 2024

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• To Act Bravely

  If you do something brave and fail, no one else gets to have an opinion about your failure without your permission.

  What other people think about the outcome of your efforts is none of your business unless you choose for it to be.

  You are the one who stepped up.

  You are the one who faced your fears, and make no mistake, there is no bravery without there first being fear.

  You are the one who put it on the line, who took a chance, and who went to battle against the demons of inertia, mundanity, and mediocrity.

  Every act of bravery is remarkable, regardless of the outcome.

  You are exceptional because of your failures, not in spite of them, because failure is evidence that you tried.

  Use your failure as fuel to move forward.

  Keep going, keep trying, and continue to act bravely.

  The opinions of those who do not act bravely, and will never do so, are of no consequence.

  Their voices exist only in your mind; they are not real.

  They are echos of your past and of the fear that you left behind on your journey of courage.

  The only thing that matters is the next challenge you will face, the next obstacle you will overcome, and the work you do now in preparation for the next opportunity to act bravely.

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  June 28, 2023

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• Deciding (Not) To Worry

  Fear is a natural, involuntary response to a perceived threat.

  Fear exists to help you survive in an often harsh and dangerous world.

  Worry is something altogether different, however.

  Worry is a story you tell yourself about fear.

  Fear is immediate and about the present moment.

  Worry, on the other hand, takes you out of this moment.

  Worry is the projection of fear into the future; it is the fear of things to come.

  But the future is not inevitable and to worry about it does nothing to improve it.

  Worry prevents you from taking the necessary actions in this moment to improve your future, the very future you are worried about not being able to improve.

  And while you cannot simply decide to never experience fear, you can decide to not add to fear with worry.

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  June 27, 2023

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