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Getting Unstuck in the New Year

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Original Publication Date:
February 2007

8. Turn ideas into actions

Ideas, in and of themselves, are one-dimensional. They are like a switch that hasn't been flipped—a song that hasn't been sung. Ideas are born in backrooms as well as boardrooms. They are written on napkins and laptops. Without action they never get off the ground; they never get launched. It is only through action that our ideas become 3-D, come to light, are given a voice, and have real and significant meaning. Put your ideas into actions. Become a doer not just a thinker or a wisher.

9. Focus, focus, and more focus

Focus is a topic near and dear to my heart. I believe it is not the lack of talent, desire, or ambition but the lack of focus that is the single, biggest reason why people fail to actualize their true potential. Trying to do too many things at once can be worse than doing nothing at all. Jumping all over the place is worse than staying put in one spot. You trip over yourself every step of the way or get lost in the process. You get stuck and go 'round and 'round in circles like a rat in a maze. You keep coming back to the same spot running into walls and going nowhere fast. It's like reading a book repeatedly and you can't get past chapter 3. You would like to leap to chapter 5 or 7 or even flip to the end to finally see the total outcome, but you can't get past that damn chapter 3. There has to be a road map you must follow, a connect-the-dots plan that requires tunnel vision. There has to be a strategy. Distractions and diversions come when focus falters. When focus is absent frustration and failure will follow. Zeroing in on the specifics of your life's goals, attacking them with a rhyme and a reason, in a systematic fashion, gives you the best chance of getting unstuck and having the life you were intended.

10. What if this is it?

Imagine for a second that this is all there is. Imagine that whoever you have become at this point in time is all you are ever going to be. Imagine that whatever you have accomplished up until now is all you ever will. Is it enough? Are you okay with your life where it is the way it is? If it isn't and you aren't, you have work left to do and miles left to go so you had better get going. If you are stuck, you had better shift gears or change direction or shake it up or create such a frenzy that you can't help but get unstuck. Look at your life with a sense of urgency. Take your best shot, pull out all the stops, and have a grand and glorious time along the way.

It is my sincere hope that the days to come will be filled with joy and accomplishment unlike any we have yet to experience. It is my ardent wish that in the months to follow we will find the courage and strength to make the right decisions and head in the right direction for ourselves, our families, our country, our allies, our enemies, and, especially, our planet.

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