Monday, June 15, 2009

Trying vs Doing

My friend Nima just gave me one hell of a Rocky-style pep talk (the gist of it is below):

Talking about doing things is fun. Trying to get things done is nice. But the only thing that really matters is getting things done. You're in LA, you've got no reason not to make this committment, now get stuff done. If that means background work, then do it. That's doing something. Don't try to do something, you've done enough to get where you are, now do what it is you want to do.
It's all too easy to get caught in the trap of preparing for some fuzzy later date. Continue to prepare, but do so by acting - do so by making forward movement.

As in: Stop reading this post. Get up, and take concrete action towards your goal. Now.

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