Successful People Have a Bias for Action

Planning has its place, but it must be kept in perspective. Some people spend their whole lives waiting for the perfect time to do something. There’s rarely a “perfect” time to do anything. What is important is to just get started. Get into the game. Get on the playing field. Once you do, you will start to get feedback that will help you make the corrections you need to make to be successful. Once you are in action, you will start learning at a much more rapid rate.

Ready, Fire, Aim!

Most people are familiar with the phrase “Ready, aim, fire!” The problem is that too many people spend their whole life aiming and never firing. They are always getting ready, getting it perfect. The quickest way to hit a target is to fire, see where the bullet landed, and then adjust your aim accordingly. If the hit was 2 inches above the target, lower your aim a little. Fire again. See where it is now. Keep firing and keep readjusting. Soon you are hitting the bull’s-eye. The same is true for anything. 

Fail Forward

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. 

Willian E. Gladstone- Former Prime minister of Great Britain.

Many people fail to take action because they’re afraid to fail. Successful people, on the other hand, realize that failure is an important part of the learning process. They know that failure is just a way we learn by trial and error. Not only do we need to stop being so afraid of failure but we also need to be willing to fail- even eager to fail. I call this kind of instructive failure “failing forward.” Simply get started, make mistakes, listen to the feedback, correct, and keep moving forward toward the goal. Every experience will yield up more useful information that you can apply the next time.

“You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so many mistakes”. 

Buckminster Fuller –Mathematician and philosopher who never graduated from college but received 46 honorary doctorates. 

Mistakes are just opportunities for learning something new! So don't be afraid to fail and by making mistakes. If it fails,  it does not matter, just do it one more time! ALWAYS　KEEP　IN　MIND！It's Okay!  

 

The Magic Formula of Success! Please bear in mind, No ShortCut to Success!

 
THERE IS NO ELEVATOR TO SUCCESS. YOU HAVE TO TAKE STAIRS, KEEP GOING, DON'T GIVE UP AND ONE MORE STEP TO GO! GO! GO! GO!