There’s no better time than now
Have you ever heard this before? “ Yes I am going to start that activity or start to bring that into my life and I’m going to be great! But I can’t right now because I am a bit busy with my family or I have to work late some nights.” I am sure everyone reading this has heard one or the other of these sayings or should I say excuses? You choose.
There are different reasons for why people hold themselves back from achieving great things in life. It is a shame because there are so many people out there with hidden talents. In the end it all usually comes down to one four-letter word.
Can you guess it?
Fear
Lot’s of people put things off in their lives because of the fear in change. It happens when they step out of their comfort zone, meaning doing something that they are not use to or never done before. So the doubts and negative thoughts start to creep in when you move forward out of your comfort zone. For people it is very uncomfortable in life with changing, because most of all we are afraid of failing.
But the thing is, like a great saying I once heard “failure should be our teacher not our under taker!” Meaning we must learn from our mistakes and move on towards where we are heading. We must not let our negative thoughts control us like puppets, but instead replace them with positive ones.
I know lots of people who do exactly this with putting things off for the moment. One person I know is talented aspiring martial artist with a lot of years experience behind him and he has real great attributes towards learning and sharing his knowledge with teaching.
He has said to me a few times that he would love to run his own classes to help people reap the benefits from martial arts.
So I said to him one day, that’s really good I am sure you would help inspire a lot of people through sharing your knowledge with others. I gave him some advice and said that I would always be on the other end of the phone if he needed some support.
I spoke to him about a month later to see if he had any more progress with his passion of running his own class. He replied no, and went on to say that he would but he couldn’t right now because it’s not the best time with work and all.
I asked the question, when is the best time? His face looked a bit puzzled like I was speaking in a different language to him. You see I have always felt that we must not hold ourselves back form achieving great things. You must ask yourself what are you waiting for? We must not procrastinate with holding ourselves back because their will never be a right time.
I guess he had never asked himself when is the best time and stop to think about what he wants. Rather than this he carried on in the same daily routine only saying that he will do things but not actually meeting his sayings. I’m sure you have heard the saying “actions speak louder than words” and this is very true. So while everyone else talks about what they are going to do, you need to focus everyday and head towards where you want to be in life and what you want to do. As long as you are making these small steps everyday in the direction of your goal you are heading with whatever it might be you will achieve success in what you are looking for.
So don’t wait any longer, the best time to start is now!
Richard Huntley
