Secret of the Riches - Act Now ! Do it Now !

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." - Napoleon Hill

Do you know what is the major obstacle for a person to achieve success? It is called procrastination. Some people will always be waiting for the right time to do something significant in their life. The problem is that there is no such thing as the right time. Want to open a business? Do it now. Want to quit smoking? Do it now. Why wait? An action is far better than sitting still and doing nothing.

As Winston Churchill, once said, you should fear inaction rather than doing one wrong action. Just act and do something whether it is the wrong way or right way is much better from not doing anything at all. Either way, you definitely will learn something and in the process makes you a better and stronger person than yesterday. The time will never be “just right”. Procrastination is the result of trying to do something at the right time according to your ideal scenario. We have to accept the reality that obstacles and problems will always be there. By starting in wherever you stand right now and work with whatever resources you have at that time, you will move closer to your dreams. Problems and setbacks will always be there, but with perseverance you will get through it.

If procrastination still affects your daily life, the best way to overcome it is with rewarding yourself each time you have accomplished something or getting jobs done. It will help to stimulate your brain and spirit because as a human being, we will always been attracted to pleasure. By linking the activities of accomplishing something with the pleasure of rewards, it will in time eliminate the habits of procrastination. This will also in the long term, create the desired attributes of a successful person.

Passion overcomes Procrastination

"Procrastination is the thief of life" - Edward Young

"Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” - Napoleon Hill

Everyone procrastinate. It is a fact in life. But successful people procrastinate rarely then ordinary people do. The reason for that is simple, successful people usually are doing things that they are passionate about. Every action brings joy to them and therefore it creates them no reason to procrastinate. So, the key to avoid procrastination is to learn to enjoy what you are doing. If you do not like what you are doing but it is important, try making fun out of it. Time is the only thing that we cannot get back once it is lost. Therefore, procrastination can be consider one of the culprit of our life that steals the most important treasure from us - 'Time'.

Quotes on Wasting Time

It is said that IKEA founder, Ingvar Kamprad segmented his day based on a 10 minutes segment. He was quoted to say that 10 minutes that have passed by will never be gain back again. So make use of your 10 minutes well. Isadora Duncan also once quoted that most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them. Even the legendary Bruce Lee also highlighted the importance of time by saying that if you love life, do not waste time, for time is what life is made of. These people knew the power of time and a time that is well utilised will bring significant impact to your life and contribution to the society. Therefore, treasure time, as time is a gift and that's why it is called the present.

The most precious gift - Time

"The Future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." -C.S. Lewis

"Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow." - Denis Waitely

We only have 24 hours in a day. That counts up to 1440 minutes in a day. That's the same amount of time every people on this earth have. It is an equal gift to every person. How we use it, it is really up to us. Before you sleep at night, take a moment and try to look back at your day and note how do you spend the precious time given to you today? Is it productive or a wasteful day? Make the most of your time as each time passing by, it will never come back again.