Urgently patient

Great success comes from having a sense of urgency about taking action, and a sense of patience about getting results. The fact is, that actions taken today will bring results in the future. An action and its result do not happen simultaneously. Yet without the action, the result never occurs. So, it is necessary to act now, and to expect your results sometime in the future.

But here’s the clincher. Time gives you a powerful way to leverage your action. Let’s face it. You are not super-human. You can only do so much. However, the good news is that you can keep doing it. So even though you can only do so much at any one point in time, you can have almost limitless effectiveness if your actions continue over a period of time. Your effectiveness increases as your actions build on top of each other.

Many people get frustrated because they try to do it all, all at once. Think of all the “get rich quick” schemes you see floating around. Now ask yourself — have you ever known anyone who actually got rich from following them? It is highly unlikely.

Anything of true value simply takes time and effort. If it didn’t take effort over time, it would have little value. If people could actually “get rich quick”, of what value would it be to be rich? You wouldn’t be able to buy anything with all that money, because no one would need to work.

There’s no need to do it all at once, and it is a waste of effort to even try. Work toward your goal with a sense of urgency, and realize that time is on your side when you make use of every moment. Those moments will soon build on each other to bring about whatever you desire.