Have you ever thought about doing something but just didn't know how to do it? Or maybe you possess a special kind of knowledge but, for whatever reason, you never get around to practically applying it. Today I met with a friend to assist her in building her social media presence. To help her: I sat down and wrote out everything that I have learned on the subject, drove down to meet her, and provided to her all the tricks and tools I've come across over the past two years. Through the course of our conversation, I realized that I personally was not doing half of the things that I was teaching her. Although I have achieved success in internet marketing, and driving decent amounts of traffic to my youtube videos, I never physically went beyond that. By observing successful marketers, applying my personal experiences, and researching a TON on the subject, I gained quite a bit of specialized knowledge. Now, why am I telling you this? Because after giving advice to a lot of people, I realized that the most crucial thing you have to do, is to actually DO it.
So many people sit there and say "Oh that would be a great idea! We could do this, this, this, and that!" then you know what they do? NOTHING. Its sad, but this small detail is what separates the rich from the poor, the strong from the weak, and the spectators from the superstars. They all have one thing in common, they had the simple ability to act on their ideas. Knowledge is pointless if it isn't put to use. If a man knew everything there is to know about the stock market he could potentially make a lot of money right? So why, with all of this knowledge, does he just sit there day after day? never investing a penny. Now you might think, surely a man with that kind of power available to him would never just sit there. In reality its what 99.9% of us do. We all have skills and knowledge that, if put into ACTION, can bring us a lot of success. Once you have inspired thought, the only thing left to do is act on it. If you dont, how will you ever know what could have came about? You wont. It's better to fail at something and learn from the mistake than to never do anything at all.
People who constantly talk about doing things but never take any steps to achieve those things are just that: talkers. Talkers are spectators in life. They want and wish and hope, but never take any action to achieve. Walt Disney said it best: "The besy way to get started is to quit talking." If your really going to make it happen, then you would already be doing something concerning it as opposed to still talking about it. I have a friend that wants to get into investing. He always tells me how much he wants to get into it, and if he only had just a little bit more money... Well recently he came into "more money". He really wanted to spend it on a cool new something, he just couldnt find anything worth spending his money on. I suggested that he try investing, now that he has money to do so. His response was: "If I had more money, itd suck to lose this $500". Pause. Does he really think that when he gets even "more" money, the potential of losing $5,000 will be an easier proposition? You see "more money" is just an excuse. It gives you another reason to talk about doing something without actually doing it. If my friend had just committed to what he set out to do, he would have over 3 months of experience in the stock market right now. Dont be a talker, be a doer.
This all brings me back to my first point. When I met with my friend today, she helped me realize that I needed to take action on certain things in my life. As I was giving her all kinds of ideas about her blog, she asked if I had a blog. I said no, which was surprising and even a little embarrassing. Here I am teaching her all of these things, why arent I doing it myself? She showed me everything that she does and challenged me to take action by starting a blog and giving value. So here I am and im taking action. I encourage you to do the same with something in your life. Wether the effort is big or small, the first step is always the most important. Without it there would be nothing. So, what are you going to do?
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