Have got an idea? Want to do something? Then do it. You’ll not get very far by just thinking about it. You’ll get nowhere by not doing it.
The biggest impediment in the way of everything we don’t achieve is the lack of courage to actually do it. Heck, we can’t even fail if we don’t attempt to do it.
When it comes to blogging and working online, most of us tend to be passive learners. It’s easy to read all the information and feel all wise and knowledgeable, but any information that is not put to any use is, well, useless.
In fact, I read two kinds of books/blogs/anything readable. 1) That is practically useful. 2) That is absolutely useless but has high entertainment value, e.g. fiction.
The problem starts when I read something that I mean to read for its practical value, but instead I reduce its value to mere entertainment. Reading information gives me the satisfaction that I’ve done something useful, but if I do nothing to incorporate this new information into my blogging/webmastering activities, I might as well have read another one of those John Grisham’s legal thrillers.
So here’s the best nugget of advice anyone can ever give you to transform your life: Try all of your ideas, and don’t be afraid of failure, for if there is anything worse than failure, it’s not even trying.
If you are held back by the excuse that you are not yet ready, you’ll never be ready. There’s always more to learn, isn’t it? And what you learn from experience far outweighs what you learn from passively observing. If you want to know how to swim, you’ll have to read the instructions manual. But if you want to swim, you have to take the plunge once!
Oh and I’ve been thinking of writing smaller (Seth Godin style) posts, and see, I’ve done it!
Update: Oh scary! Many bloggers have covered different angles of the same point today: Do what’s important and do it now! Brian recounts how he went through a life-threatening accident to realize he needed to do what he loved. Dave talks about the importance of spending time with people you love and urges us to do it right now. Meryl gives tips on balancing your work and personal lives by, again, doing what’s more important rather than what you mindlessly do.
Do you have any insights to share with us too?
译文:
实干者会成功, 空想者未必会失败!
有想法了? 想要大干一番? 那就付诸行动吧! 只是想想却也离成功不远.可要是不去做那么便一事无成.
阻碍我们成功的是因为我们缺少勇气去做. 但是见鬼的是, 如果我们没有想做的念头, 那么就根本连失败的边都不沾.
事实上, 我认为有两种书/博客具可读性.一个是有实际用途的,还有一个是没什么用,但娱乐性却很高,例如:小说.
当我们在网上写博客,工作时, 我们都变成了被动的接受者. 阅读各种信息, 心里想着这些是多么的有用,这谁都做的到,但没有用于任何用途的信息都是无用的.
当我刻意读一些有实际用途的材料, 问题出现了,因此我降低要求到娱乐性的文章.阅读给于我满足感,让我觉得自己所为是有意义的,如果我不能将那些新信息纳入我的博客或网站管理活动中,那我倒不如读读约翰·格里沙姆的诉讼惊悚小说好了.
因此, 这里有能改变你一生的点金建议: 勇于实践你所有的想法, 不惧失败, 因为比失败更糟的是, 你连试也不试.
如果你还在为自己找借口,说什么自己没准备好, 那么或许你将永远都准备不好. 人生总有很多东西要学习,不是吗? 从实践学来的要远远多于从书本被动汲取的. 想要知道怎么游泳,看看书本介绍就行了;但要是你想学会游泳,你必须跳进泳池试一次!
我一直想写一些短篇的文摘,看,我做到了!
更新: 哇!有好多博友都对同一个观点有不同角度的认识: 做重要的事, 立即就开始行动! BRIAN 叙述了他如何度过生死攸关的事故,然后意识到现在他要做的是做他爱做的事!MERYL 对于平衡工作与生活方面大有研究,同样她也认为,做更重要的事情要比你做那些可做可不做的事情要有意义的多.
你有没有什么观点想法想要与我们分享呢?