One the best pieces of advice my father gave me when I was a young man was the value of taking action. At the time, I didn’t really understand where he was coming from. I didn’t understand the struggle that he had in his life. And I did not understand how desperate he was trying to provide me with some of his lessons learned.
But now I am at the age in which he provided me that advice and I understand. Through my own struggles of deflated dreams and hollow words, I understand that words are cheap and the only thing that has value in this world are actions. In fact I believe that actions create the value and is the cornerstone of our success.
To experiment with this concept I am going to execute a massive action plan for the next two weeks attempting to accomplish more than I ever thought possible. This experiment starts with accountability of this blog and will end with the completion of five feats. (things I have been putting off because I fear their failure)
Feat 1: Education. Complete my registration to Embry Riddle, order all my transcripts and have them sent, and have a fully developed individual learning plan approved by the military education office.
Feat 2: PMP Certification. Confirm my project management hours with the PMI organization, scheduled to take the sixth addition PMP test in two weeks, and take and pass the test.
Feat 3: Home Ready for Guests. I have over 8000 pounds of household goods that was just delivered and need to be unpacked and put in the proper place, then need to sell any excess, and finally have a home warming party.
Feat 4: Write a Book. I have been putting off writing my leadership book for the past five years. It is amazing the amount of excuses one can generate to not even start. So I will have my book published on Amazon in two weeks.
Feat 5: Conquer Life Admin. I have so many life admin things that I have been putting off ranging from paper work dealing with the house, utilities, to insurance. I need to generate workable budget and spending plan and a menu that we can stick to for food prep.
So here will be my deal. I will write a short blog for the next two weeks every day holding myself accountable to making progress on these five feats.
Through action may we achieve what we once thought was impossible.
-Stay Savage
But now I am at the age in which he provided me that advice and I understand. Through my own struggles of deflated dreams and hollow words, I understand that words are cheap and the only thing that has value in this world are actions. In fact I believe that actions create the value and is the cornerstone of our success.
To experiment with this concept I am going to execute a massive action plan for the next two weeks attempting to accomplish more than I ever thought possible. This experiment starts with accountability of this blog and will end with the completion of five feats. (things I have been putting off because I fear their failure)
Feat 1: Education. Complete my registration to Embry Riddle, order all my transcripts and have them sent, and have a fully developed individual learning plan approved by the military education office.
Feat 2: PMP Certification. Confirm my project management hours with the PMI organization, scheduled to take the sixth addition PMP test in two weeks, and take and pass the test.
Feat 3: Home Ready for Guests. I have over 8000 pounds of household goods that was just delivered and need to be unpacked and put in the proper place, then need to sell any excess, and finally have a home warming party.
Feat 4: Write a Book. I have been putting off writing my leadership book for the past five years. It is amazing the amount of excuses one can generate to not even start. So I will have my book published on Amazon in two weeks.
Feat 5: Conquer Life Admin. I have so many life admin things that I have been putting off ranging from paper work dealing with the house, utilities, to insurance. I need to generate workable budget and spending plan and a menu that we can stick to for food prep.
So here will be my deal. I will write a short blog for the next two weeks every day holding myself accountable to making progress on these five feats.
Through action may we achieve what we once thought was impossible.
-Stay Savage
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