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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 

 

Wednesday, October 14, 1998

Get it done

You have a choice. You can either get things done or let things happen. Letting things happen is easy. It requires no effort on your part. The problem is, when you just let things happen they will almost never be to your liking.

The other choice is to get things done. That requires your active involvement. It takes effort, as well as focus, commitment, discipline and persistence. Those things sound difficult, and they are. Yet just because they’re difficult, doesn’t mean they’re to be avoided.

When you do what it takes to get things done, you’ll get the results you want. The only way you can get what you want out of life, is to put in what you have. And that is done through your own efforts and actions.

Sure, you can take your chances and just let things happen. You might even get lucky, though few do. Or, you can step forward, put all you have into every day, and get things done. That is the only reliable way to build the life you desire.

— Ralph Marston

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