While still in school, it is common for guys to gather and discuss what they will be doing after leaving school. There are lots of guys who say so many things about the future. We all know we have something to offer when we leave the University and we go on to encourage ourselves. I have a friend I am so close to and we are still close till now. One unique thing about this guy is that he seems to know everything! When I tell him you can do this and that, he always ends up telling me: "I know." It got to a point that I started pushing him to stop knowing and start doing something with what he knows. This is a guy that is very talented and a very creative person who is just contented with knowing and not doing. So many people fall into the category of this my friend and it is possible you may be one of those people. One thing that has so much exploded in this present age we are in is information and knowledge. People seem to know so much about everything but unfortunately the doers are fewer than the knower. The gap is just too wide. People don't really care so much about what we know but about what we do with what we know. Are you familiar with the phrase: "Resolve without action is NOTHING?" It is not enough to know about your potentials, start doing something with them. it is not enough to have a dream, start doing something about it. It is the action that makes a whole lot of difference not the knowledge. Wisdom is not gotten by wishing and hoping, it is from the APPLICATION of knowledge. In order to realize your goals or dreams, you must take ACTION! Ideas are nothing without you acting on them. If it is your desire to attain any height you have set for yourself, NOW is the time to get started. Do not wait for a better time than NOW because it doesn't exist. it is only a figment of our imagination. Achieving your dreams is not all about writing them down and visualizing about them. All these are important but not as important as ACTION! If you don't act on your dreams, you will remain rooted at the same spot for years to come. You cannot escape it, ACTION is a must. It is essential to anyone's success in life. "Faith without work is dead," how many times have you heard that? How many of us are keeping faith with having a better life than what we have now? We want to experience the good things of life and yet we don't want to sweat it out. Please my dear, stop wasting your time. Things don't just happen; we have to make them happen. "If anyone ADVANCES confidently in the direction of their goals, and endeavors to live a life that they have imagined, they WILL meet with success unexpected in common hours." Henry David Thoreau. This man didn't say, "If one sits back and waits for the goals to show up," he said "if one advances." and that is what you have to be doing if you are going to achieve anything in life. Learn to take action no matter how small it is. Lastly, let me share the quotes below with you: "Success: some people dream about it, while others wake up and work on it." "Humanity is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are moveable and those who move!" - Benjamin Franklin. Please be the one who moves to make things happen. Work on your dream and you will be surprised at where it takes you. I am just SICK and TIRED of people who know, all I want to see are people who are DOING! To your success as you do. Adebola A. Oni |
