Have you ever been in a situation where you have to tackle a new task or refine an idea or meet a deadline but been unsure where to begin? That’s obviously rhetorical because we all have but the trick is how we successfully get out of that first key step to move forward.It’s often been said leadership is about results but those results have to begin with an idea that must be advanced and refined before we can deliver it. But how much think time do we allow in our day to even get any of done? Our biggest hurdle is often us and in our inability to get started.
Here are some ideas to get us moving forward.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
Henry Ward Beecher
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
Walter Elliott
Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.
Barbara Sher
Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are.
Robert Collier
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today
and make a new ending.
Maria Robinson
The idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.
Seth Godin
The beginning is always today.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Dr. Joyce Brothers
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Chinese Proverb
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Napoleon Hill
I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.
Thomas Edison
Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.
Mattie Stepanek
Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.
Brian Tracy
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment
before starting to improve the world.
Anne Frank
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never
have a beginning.
John Henry Newman
Let’s get started!
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Kneale Mann | Leadership Strategist, consultant, writer, speaker, executive coach facilitating performance growth with leaders, management, and teams.
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