For most of my life I have been surrounded by people who talk about living an extraordinary life. They talk out great plans and run all the logical numbers. They can explain everything to you in a convincing way. It is very impressive and inspiring.
Until...
You ask them to show you results. They pull out the "War and Peace" sized Book of Excuses. Then the drama would come: friendships broken, jobs lost, and they were emotionally drained.
For 24 years I did not understand why all these intelligent, impressive people were leading miserable, broke lives. After modeling my own life after theirs, I believe that I am now beginning to.
Friendships break because they were built on dependence, jobs are lost because the person isn't putting genuine effort into them, and emotions are drained when an excess of them has been purged.
So many people take up all their time doing things for other people or doing things that don't increase the bottom line.
Plan. Yes! You need to know where you are going... but EXECUTE!
Take FORWARD action.
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