ilkaflood.com » Motivation http://ilkaflood.com/blog Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:15:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Life’s Lemonade – When is the time to make it? http://ilkaflood.com/blog/42/lifes-lemonade-when-is-the-time-to-make-it/ http://ilkaflood.com/blog/42/lifes-lemonade-when-is-the-time-to-make-it/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:30:10 +0000 Ilka Flood http://ilkaflood.com/blog/?p=42 Getting it done

Achievers concern themselves with excellence, but do not obsess over perfection. Things get done by doing them in the real world, not by putting them off until conditions are perfect.

In the time you spend worrying about whether or not to do something, it could have been done. In the time you spend worrying aobut whether it’s the perfect time to get going, you could already be far ahead.

Achievers and excellence are built not by fearing the mistakes but by confidently handling the mistakes and the surprises that come along. The will to succeed includes the willingness to live with the very real possibility that things can go wrong.

Go beyond merely dreaming and planning and speculating aobut the ideal way to reach your goal. Make use of whatever you have available to get it done.

Ralph Marston

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The 10 most important words:
I won’t wait for others to take the first step.
The 9 most important words:
If it is to be, it’s up to me.
The 8 most important words:
If not me, who? If not now, when?
The 7 most important words:
Let me take a shot at it.
The 6 most important words:
I will not pass the buck.
The 5 most important words:
You can count on me.
The 4 most important words:
It IS my job!
The 3 most important words:
Just do it!
The 2 most important words:
I will.
The most important word:
Me

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Excellent advice! How many times have there been when we hesitated to do something because we were afraid people would laugh at us? How many great chances to be brilliant have we missed because of it?

I know there have been times in my life where this hesitation backfired. Which brings another great quote to mind…

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” - Les Brown

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