Thinking and Talking Won’t Get It Done

Ideas are great. I’ve had a ton of them. So many I can’t remember, especially when it comes to business and making money. I can see opportunities just about everywhere. That’s the thinking part of it. To validate my idea, I’ll tell you and others about it. You’ll either play Devil’s advocate and tell me how it won’t work or you’ll be impressed, excited, and encouraging, telling me I should really do that particular thing. That’s the talking part of it. For decades now, I’ve had so many of those great ideas. I’m not financially independent, rich, or remotely close to being wealthy. I know from personal experiences that thinking and talking won’t get it done. It requires more. It requires focused, consistent, and sustained action and assessment. When changes are needed, they must be implemented swiftly.

I’ve failed on both fronts many times. I’ve failed to make changes and I’ve failed to make them swiftly. There are four stages to learning and one of those stages in “Unconscious Competence.” A simple way to explain it is doing whatever the task are on autopilot. You don’t have to think about them, they don’t require much effort for you to complete. You’ve done them so many times, it’s basically effortless. My history includes a bunch of me not being at that stage. My development during those times would be better described as the first stage, “Unconscious Incompetence.” Basically, you don’t know what you don’t know. I didn’t know I needed to assess my current situation, at the time, and when I finally learned to assess, I didn’t know how or what changes to make.

“Experience is the best teacher” is an adage we’ve all probably heard. What I’ve learned over the years is “It doesn’t have to be my experience!” Life is too short for me to use the trial and error method for all my ideas. Had I done then what I’m doing now, I would have been much further along my path. But that’s water under the bridge and I’m going to cry over spilled milk since it’s part of my journey. Since this list is as much for you the reader as it is for me the writer, I made reminder notes. I’ll write later about the other two stages of learning and also about the importance of leveraging the experience of others to accelerate your journey. Today though, I’m finished since my right wrist is throbbing and I’m starting to think that I’m not as recovered as I thought I was.

Today, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, I am grateful that:

As more people find out I need assistance, they step up. I’m not Mother Teresa or anything close, but I’m sure my efforts have aided others. What goes around comes around, and I’m so happy the boomerang I sent out is returning. I know now, sending bigger and better boomerangs more often is part of what I need to do.

My wrist is feeling better. I actually stopped writing a couple of hours ago because it hurt so much to type. The pain subsided and I’m back at it. This is important and once small sense of accomplishment is writing and finishing this list five days a week.

I am writing to my audience. Before, it was about me and fighting depression. Then it morphed into discipline and consistency. Next, writing was about qui

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