This is all about action. It's always important to act quickly whenever opportunities present themselves. My millionaire mentor Mr Piper is always taking action. I remember one day when I questioned him about all of the many DIY jobs he had started around his new house, and was working on, in addition to managing all of his investment properties. He said to me "I'm always thinking about 16 different things at once". He values action, and doing as many different things as he can concurrently.
This year, Mr Piper moved into a new house and is improving the place whilst he is living there, and there is lots to do, yet in a few months he has already done what it would take many people years to do, mostly by himself, but also with help from friends. At one point he was assembling a greenhouse in the garden. I said to him "have you ever assembled a greenhouse before?". He said "I haven't done most things before, but I just get on with it". I asked him that question because I wanted to know how he is able to seemingly do every type of job put before him. He does not use lack of knowledge or experience as an excuse to not act. So many people, including myself, make up excuses to not act immediately. Mr Piper just takes action all the time, and this habit has made him a multi-millionaire.
This year, Mr Piper moved into a new house and is improving the place whilst he is living there, and there is lots to do, yet in a few months he has already done what it would take many people years to do, mostly by himself, but also with help from friends. At one point he was assembling a greenhouse in the garden. I said to him "have you ever assembled a greenhouse before?". He said "I haven't done most things before, but I just get on with it". I asked him that question because I wanted to know how he is able to seemingly do every type of job put before him. He does not use lack of knowledge or experience as an excuse to not act. So many people, including myself, make up excuses to not act immediately. Mr Piper just takes action all the time, and this habit has made him a multi-millionaire.
There is a good book called The Baron Son, which talks about how important it is to take immediate action in order to maximise your chances of financial success. In the chapter entitled: Within the Span of Seven Breaths, it says..... "when a situation is fully understood, you should act within the span of seven breaths......It does not matter how much confidence someone has, or how many brilliant ideas they come up with. In the end, the ability to act decisively is what sets someone apart from mediocrity".
If you don't take action, opportunities will pass you by, never to be reclaimed. The Richest Man in Babylon says that "men of action are favoured by the goddess of luck".
Taking action immediately always carries a certain amount of fear and apprehension. Its hard to know exactly the right decision to make to increase wealth, but decisions and action must be taken anyway, or nothing will change. Nowadays I try my best to live by the following quote I saw, concerning action: "A good plan, executed right now, is better than a perfect plan carried out next week".
Taking action immediately always carries a certain amount of fear and apprehension. Its hard to know exactly the right decision to make to increase wealth, but decisions and action must be taken anyway, or nothing will change. Nowadays I try my best to live by the following quote I saw, concerning action: "A good plan, executed right now, is better than a perfect plan carried out next week".
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