I recall reading years ago that a trait of highly successful people is an inclindation towards having an “action bias”. In other words, they have a tendency to favor action over inaction, often to their long-term benefit. They get more reps in while less successful people overanalyze and prepare for action they never take. They fail more often than their more hesitant brethren, but they also learn more and achieve more over time.
Conrad Hilton, the Hilton hotel magnage is famously quoted as saying the following:
“Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but the don’t quit.”
– Conrad Hilton
Tony Robbins, author and life coach, said the following:
“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”
– Tony Robbins
George Leonard, the man credited with bringing Jiu Jitsu from Japan to the United States, wrote the following:
“You can’t do everything, but you can do one thing, and then another and another. In terms of energy, it’s better to make a wrong choice than none at all.”
– George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
In the video below, Conor Neill, President of Vistage Spain, part of the world’s leading CEO organization, professor and public speaker presents a short argument for action over analysis in the pursuit of personal achievement.
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Something Conor says repeatedly in the video above is that “life rewards action, not intelligence”. This is an important principle because many of us stagnate in life because we were led to believe at a young age that our intelligence was goig to get us ahead in life. Unfortunately, this belief often doesn’t include the part about hard work. If you consider yourself to be of above average intelligence, you might benefit from my post entitled If I’m So Smart, Why Am I Not More Successful?
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