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A race car has a tremendous amount of potential energy, but it
cannot leave the starting line until someone waves the green
flag.
The powerful engines of a jet cannot
lift the plane one inch off the ground without ample runway and
someone activating its controls.
A locomotive can be held in place by
a single block of wood placed under its wheel, yet under power
it can go through a brick wall ten feet thick!
Raw power has only potential.
Machines cannot turn themselves on - people can! If you're going
to wait to feel right about doing something, it may never
happen. The self-starter knows that there is never a "right"
time to get started.
Too many people sit around waiting
to be motivated - as if there were some chemical reaction about
to take place. The self-starter acts on his goals and the
motivation to achieve those goals is built into that action.
If you're not feeling "up to it," no
amount of concentration, wishful thinking, or smokescreen
planning will get you into action. Things in motion tend to stay
in motion; things at rest remain at rest. The more you think
about becoming motivated, the better the chances that you won't.
The self-starter knows that,
regardless of how he feels at any given moment, how he feels in
the next moment is determined by the action he takes.
If you have set worthwhile goals and
you've developed a plan of action, set your plan into action any
time of the day or night simply by acting. Don't lose precious
time by waiting for the time to be "right" - become a
self-starter!
It's how you act that determines how
you feel, not how you feel that determines how you act.
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