Talk is cheap

Talk is cheap

It is easy to talk about what you will do. Talk is cheap and takes little effort. Although talk might make you feel like you are moving along or that you will someday take action, it doesn't help you accomplish anything unless you back it up with action. Talk is the beginning not the end of achievement. Unless you decide to take action the talk is a big waste of breath.

Many people talk about getting things done and achieving goals, but talk will not get you what you want. It is a start. Words can help formulate a plan and get you started, but, without any action to backup the words, nothing is going to happen. You have to do and not just talk.

Coaching

It is easy to say what you are going to do. It is much more challenging to do it. However, words are powerful and can assist in guiding and directing you. Words can get you started, but alone they won't be enough. You must pair words with action, and once you do, you will be surprised at what a powerful pair they make. Words will get you started and action will help you complete the goals.

Coaching Question

Are you ready to back your words up with action?

Live the Day

Where have you been spending a lot of time talking but not taking action? Today take one action towards the goal you have been talking about. Each day take one more action. Soon you will create momentum and your words will come alive. Action brings to life what you say you will do. Action will get it done.

Daily Success Formula

Action + Words = Results

Quotes

"The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy." Florence Scovel Shinn

"The great end of life is not knowledge but action." Thomas H. Huxley

"The mark of good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect." Robert Louis Stevenson