Time for the Monday Motivation again. Every other Monday, I post an inspirational quote that keeps me motivated to keep working on my personal and professional goals and encourages me to keep going no matter what and then I elaborate on the importance of that quote and why you need to implement it.
This week I will elaborate on the following amazing quote by Sam Levenson.
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This is by far one of my most favorite motivational quotes because of two major reasons. Firstly, I follow it vehemently because I strongly believe in this that if you keep going, you will ultimately reach where you want to be. Secondly, I am a big believer in ‘striving for what you believe in and not waiting for the right time to do something.’ I will now dig deeper into these two notions I just stated and elaborate on why you must keep going like the clock to build a good life for yourself.
Time keeps on ticking, it never waits for anyone to stop neither does it stop for you to rest and then start after a while. If you don’t keep ticking like the clock, it is quite likely that your life and progress will come to a halt soon enough and many others around you will keep going. You cannot succeed or reach a certain point that you wish to be at without putting in any effort for it. You cannot be successful if you stay in your bed all day long and only imagine to be successful. You cannot be wealthy and achieve abundance if you just chant abundance based affirmations all day and do nothing about it.
Chanting affirmations and visualizing to be successful is amazing and definitely workable. These practices have done wonders for people but even they don’t work if you don’t work. For any strategy to actually work, you need to take action related to it. Unless and I repeat unless you take positive, meaningful action in that direction, you won’t ever succeed. So if you don’t keep working and ticking like the clock, soon enough you will stop and stay stagnant for good.
Achieving anything isn’t easy- it requires you to be on your toes and take consistent action towards it and the key to doing that is keep going.
Secondly, most people have the habit of waiting for the right time and moment to act on something. This is precisely the habit that keeps them from achieving their goal and being successful in life. Have you ever looked at the clock? Does it stop ticking? Does it wait for some perfect moment to arrive so it can strike3 or 4? Of course, not. Its job is to keep ticking and so it does and even it knows that the perfect moment is just an illusion and nothing more than that.
If you want something in your life, you need to aim for it and then work for it. Waiting for the right time to do that will never work because sadly, there is no right time to do something. It is you who make the time right by all your effort and persistency.
So if you find yourself feeling low and your spirits dampening today, and don’t really want to go back to work or make another move to achieve your goal whatever it is, just keep going at it. Yes, do take a break but once you have enjoyed it, get back up and strive to achieve your goal.
If taking action feels difficult, break that work into lots of smaller steps and cut holes into your work. This makes the task easier for you to execute and also keeps you going. Also, think about why you have to work in the first place. Think of all the pros of doing your work and the work that you do. These pros will make you feel better about your work and will make it easier for you to do it. Also, think of the times you had fun doing your work. Recalling happy memories is a good way to bring in enthusiasm for your work and let go of the hate you feel for it. So try these strategies and just keep going to achieve what you aspire to have in your life.
Sharoon.
