Why Action is Key to Success

Yes indeed! The key to success is action, real action sustained and determined in the direction of your goals. Anyone can succeed if they do things deliberately sustained and directed towards achieving set goals. It is not about wishing or dreaming just like that. To get anything done, there must be some sustained “doing” otherwise nothing happens.

Have you ever heard the cliché, “action speaks louder than words?” Good if you have. What you do speaks louder and better for you than what you say. That is what it means. The more you do, the more you get done and the more you succeed at any venture. Do you want to succeed? Just roll up your sleeves right where you are and get busy. That is the only sure route to success.

Get busy right now because……..!!!

“No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”

“If we are born poor, it is not our fault, but if we die poor, it is!”…… Bill Gates

Why You Must Focus on Your Immediate Environment

“We tour the world searching for what we need to come home to find.” –Andres Lara

Many people erroneously believe that it is always better on the other side of the fence than the side where they are. They think that there are always more diamonds in somebody else’s back-yard than theirs. This is wrong. It is always better to prospect and mine your own diamonds right where you are. In 1915, Mr. Russell Cornwell wrote a beautiful book called “Acres of Diamonds” which pointed out the mistakes people have made and are still making when they believe and act as if it is always better somewhere else. It is related in a story about Al Hafed. Al Hafed was a farmer who lived near River Indus in ancient Persia. He was happy and contented. He heard stories of the value and glory of diamonds and the power that goes with them. He was told about places where he could find diamonds for himself and he started dreaming of owning diamonds. He made up his mind to go in search of diamonds. The next morning, Al Hafed made arrangements to sell his farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and could not find diamonds. He looked in Europe and could not find any. Frustrated after a long and fruitless search, he committed suicide. Meanwhile, back home, the person who bought the farm Al Hafed sold soon discovered diamonds within the farm. He found out that the farm was covered with acres of diamonds.

From the moral of this story, it is clear that the grass may appear to always look greener on the other side of the fence but this is not always a true picture as the sad story of Al Hafed shows.