Recently I came up with the philosophy of Stop Thinking
Start Doing. In fact, I’m still trying
to teach myself to follow this philosophy.
I also had to start writing this as soon as the idea came into my head
so that I don’t think too much about it.
Why is it that we think too much and not do enough? What are we waiting for? It’s great to want to think about doing
something, yet we procrastinate and procrastinate until we eventually give up
because we haven’t started, or until our time on this Earth expires. I mean, it’s great to think about it, but if
we don’t do it, it’s never going to happen.
It’s not going to do itself; we have to do it. This book is not going to write itself. I have to write it. So why do we think so much and not do
anything? Is it because we are
scared? Is it because we will not profit
from doing it? Is it because we are
going to fail? Is it because we are
going to succeed?
I will admit, I feel scared.
I guess it’s the idea of taking that leap that could change my
life. For most of my life, I’ve felt
like thinking of the idea gave me some sense of satisfaction. I sit there thinking of the success that
could come to me, and it gives me a temporary sense of success. That is, until I realize that just thinking
about it is not going to make it happen.
I wish my mind had the power to just think about something and it just
happens. Unfortunately, my mind is not
that strong. My mind can think all it
wants, but until I do something, that something is never going to happen,
except in my mind. I live in reality,
not a fantasy.
Sometimes I think, do I not want to at least try something
because I am afraid to fail? Am I
worried I will be made fun of or ridiculed?
Am I afraid I will not profit from what I can do? Is it not only that I’m afraid I will fail,
but that I’m also afraid that I will succeed?
For me, I believe it’s both.
Like a lot of us, I feel that I’ve grown comfortable in my routine
lifestyle that I’m afraid to step out of my comfort zone. The thing is, we are meant to expand
ourselves, not just confine ourselves to our comfort zone. We are meant to achieve greatness.
When you are given an opportunity, you can’t just sit there
thinking whether or not you want to take it, nor can you think too much about
what you will or will not achieve from taking that opportunity. What’s sad about this is opportunities come
at us, but we do not see them. Sometimes
we see them, but we have to think about them, possibly because we are scared
that that opportunity is a life changing event, and event that can bring you
greatness and prosperity. We go through
life changing events all the time, whether it’s going to college, graduating
from college, starting a new job, getting married. But there are other life changing events,
such as acquiring new wealth. The
opportunities we are given can open doors to a greater world, a world we cannot
see staying in our comfort zone. We are
meant to expand ourselves, not stay stagnant.
When you are out and about and you see that attractive
person of the opposite sex, you should go over and initiate conversation. I understand it may take a drink or two to
loosen up and help you to stop thinking about it, but you cannot wait too long
or you will miss that opportunity.
I have given myself a challenge that if I do not write
anything on this for a week that what has been written of this shall become a
blog post. However, I wish to keep going
with this writing as it would go against what I would like to accomplish with
this project. If I come up with anything
while I am away from my computer, I shall use the Notes app on my phone to take
some notes and send to myself. This is
why you should always keep your phone with you because you never know when
ideas will pop up in your head. As I
said, you have to take opportunities when they come to you.
“Talk is cheap.”
“Money talks.”
“Learn from experience.”
These are quotes that wise people not only speak, but also
live by. You can talk talk talk all you
want, but it means absolutely nothing unless you walk the talk. That’s why you can’t just speak, but you have
to live by what you say in order for it to have any sort of impact on yourself
or anyone else. “Learn from experience”
means just that. Many people have to go
through several if not many failed attempts before finally succeeding. What this quote is saying is that you cannot
give up after the first failed attempt.
What you must do is think about what went wrong with that failed attempt
and learn not to make the same mistake in the next failed attempt.
If the second attempt fails, look and see what went wrong in
that attempt. Hopefully, it won’t be the
same thing that went wrong in the first attempt, and same for any future
attempts with any previous attempts.
If you want to do something, don’t just talk about it, do
it. If you want to make money from that
something, do it, or at least attempt to do it, and if you fail, look at what
went wrong and try something different.
This is what will lead to success.
Now, stop hesitating and start doing something. There’s nothing to think about, just do
it. In fact, I have a t-shirt and coffee
mug with the saying “Stop Thinking Start Doing” in my
Zazzle Store.
