Execution Is Key
You and i can have all the best ideas on the planet, but without implementation they sit idly in our heads. Execution is key. It is vital. I say this from experience, not from something I’ve read about, but rather experienced. I’ve had tons of great ideas over the years. I foolishly told them to others. The others executed and I did not. They reaped the rewards and I sat by bitter, thinking how I’d been wronged.
I hadn’t been wronged. I freely gave an idea. I shared it with someone that saw the value of the idea. Someone else took the idea and implemented it. They made it work. I, on the other hand, did not. I sat by and thought about other things to do and how great those things would become.
Talking is great, but action is where the metal meets the road. Meaning, without action, implementation, or execution, all those great and wonderful ideas sit in our heads. In between my ears is just that. Those thoughts aren’t actually physical and they will never become physical without action.
Once, I heard a speaker say think about all the unwritten books lying there in the graveyard. The cemetery is filled with unrealized potential. Potential is a wonderful when it meets reality. Yet when it doesn’t it’s just something we can all see or feel, but it never comes to pass.
If you’re sitting around thinking of ideas, of all the great things you would or could do but don’t, if you’re seeing friends, family, and colleagues living their dreams and you’re not, there’s a key difference. Execution.
Break away from your distractions. Leave your phone and tablet, at a minimum turn them off. Grab a pen or pencil and some blank paper. Put your ideas on paper. Write them down. Then write down how you will make those happen. Your ability to write a perfect plan is an ideal ad it probably won’t happen the way you planned. The main reason for this is your inability and ineptitude in formulating plans. But this first plan is the beginning of something great. There will be other plans. There will be other ways to improve and you will, as will I.
Get your plans on paper. Review them every morning and every night. Do this when you first awake. Do this before you go to sleep at night. Do not let one day pass when you do not review your plans and make some progress towards its completion. Remember, execution is key.
Today, Thursday, June 13, 2024, I am grateful that:
I was able to get to the city yesterday. It was good seeing Dale and Helen. Their daughter is really growing, hard to believe it’s been over five years since I met them.
I’m becoming restless again. The times in my life when I’m unable to rest well typically mean I have unfinished business. It’s true now, just like in the past. I stayed awake finishing some things last night and will continue to do so until my objective is completed.
Most of the tools I need to accomplish my mission are available and affordable. Those I can not afford, I will. Those that I need but aren’t yet available, will be soon. It’s a matter of time and execution and I’m well on my way.
Do the work mentioned earlier.
Abe,
Be Greater!!!