Don’t Think, Just Do

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That’s some solid advice. Although it’s very contradictory to what I’ve been told most of my life.

Our parents tell us to think things through before we act, which in many respects is a very valuable skill. Pausing to think for a second can help us to avoid many mistakes. If I had stopped to think about what I was going to write for this post and actually thought it out, I’m sure it would have been a hell of a lot more grammatically correct and none of my words would be misspelled.

But had I stopped, planned a little bit and then started piecing together my work, I wouldn’t have finished writing.

I was an editor for my highschool newspaper and during that time I can’t think of once where I planned out a story ahead of time, or stopped to think about what I would ask my interviewees, or even thought about what my page would like before I placed all the stories and photos.

Planning and thinking takes time. Time I do not have.

If Bill Gates had thought and planned, we wouldn’t have the Microsoft empire that exists today. He would still be tinkering with his Altair running BASIC.

Microsoft thought may be the biggest example I can give. They act before they think. Ofcourse they make mistakes, often. More mistakes than many of us would like. Were they to plan out every detail of Vista before they actually started working on it, we’d still be running Windows 98.

Action is what moves us forward, advances us in our pursuits. You can only do so much thinking about action before you’ve thought all that you can.

There’s only so much thought that can be put into planning a project for a client. If too much thought is put into it, that client may pass you by. The world runs on a clock and if you can’t match the speed at which the world operates it does pass you by.

If you’re going to think and muse you might as well sit on the sidelines and let someone else do the hard work. The action. Movement.

But I want you out in the battlefield. Fight for what you want. Don’t think about the fighting. Don’t think about how you’re going to increase your income.

Find ways to accomplish what you want and don’t think, do.