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Getting started is the most difficult

The biggest hurdle is to take that first step. You have everything you need to make an impact in the world if you can push the reasons aside why you should not start now.

Use what you have right now where you are and just start. Watch the magic of getting things done.

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Focus on the important few, and ignore the rest

The demand for our time is increasingly more than our capacity. We are currently flooded with information and requests and may feel compelled to meet the expectations.

“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.”

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.”

Tim Ferriss

The perfect time is now

We will always be able to come up with another excuse why this is not the best time. There is no perfect time. So re-clarify your goals.

"Success demands a singleness of purpose."

Vince Lombardi

Your thoughts don't define you; your actions do

Action gets results. Results are what you want, not just ideas.

Do one thing well, not three things poorly

Many people want to do well at work. You may risk and do much but will have nothing to show for it.

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”

Pablo Picasso

“Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”

Napoleon Hill

Doing nothing

Sometimes you can feel like you're always working against the clock, and rearranging plans and tasks to meet deadlines. When you do take time to relax, you feel guilty.

“Reflect on what you do in a day. You may have never realised how some simple harmless activities rob you of precious time.”

Vivek Naik