Hoping Is NOT A Process
I recall listening to Anthony Robbins in is early days, before he became the profound Guru that he is today. He was blunt, direct and said it like he felt it, not as refined as he does these days. I was attracted to his rawness and for years I followed him and lapped up every word he put out there. His words hit me where it mattered and moved me from thinking and hoping to action.
His catch phrase back then was: "Hoping is not a process." At first I din't get it. The Bible spoke about hope. We all hoped for better for ourselves and others. What could be wrong with hoping? I kept asking myself. I delved deeper and finally made the connection. Hoping was not bad, but it was not action. Hoping alone did not get us from one place to another.
Eyes Closed
When we hope we often close our eyes, stand still and wonder. We wonder about the possibilities and probabilities of something happening . . . or not. We enter into discourse with ourselves which more often than not results in us just giving ourselves a pep talk and taking NO action. We DO very little . . . or nothing . . . to get us closer to what we are hoping for. The reality is that if we just open our eyes and lean forward a little we will see the many opportunites we have all around us to take action and move one - or many - step closer to achieving our goals.
Hoping makes no sense if we are not willing to take action.
From a Wall to a Door
With closed eyes, we may be beating up on a wall thinking that it is a door and hoping that it opens. We keep hitting it harder and harder, our head hurts more and more and we wonder why it is not opening for us to benefit from the opportunities.
It is the same at Wealthy Affiliate. If we just hope and wonder and beat our heads against a wall, we will not achieve any of the goals we hope to achieve. Instead, we will become overwhelmed, dispondent and soon give up. I have seen many goals that have been set a year . . . or two . . . or three ago . . . and not achieved. For some, there may be good reasons but for many we simply get here, hope and sit back.
Wealthy Affiliate is an Open Door
What will define the success you attan here - what, how much, when - is all up to YOU. No one else. This is YOU doing YOU. You set your goals, you set your pace, you set the stage for YOU.
We are approaching the end of 2019. A New Year begins in thirty-seven (37) days. That is a stones throw down the corridor. A few steps away before you are standing in front of the door.
I urge you to walk briskly to the end of the corridor. Stand in front of the door. Raise your hand and hold the door knob. Hope for everything that you have ever wanted for yourself and your loved ones and then . . . turn that knob, open the door with your eyes wide open and WALK right in!
See your goals. Own your goals. Achieve your goals. You have everything - and everyone - that you need right here at Wealthy Affiliate . . . but . . . only IF you take ACTION.
Have a productive week my friends!
Cassi
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Thank you for sharing such a thorough insight on taking responsibility for the destination in our hand.
I am taking a lot of action to reach my goals, but at the same time, I have so many things to work on.
I remember myself often, the only time we fail, is when we give up.
'To our success', I appreciate your support.
Jude
I understand fully, Jude.
We do have a lot to manage.
Put some detail into your execution. Execution 101 - Moving From Goals To Actions For me, putting pen to paper always works.
You can't hide from yourself. 🙂
We are here to support each other.
Be safe and keep well.
Cassi
Beautifully said Cassi. thanks so much for sharing. I always say NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL YOU TAKE ACTION and this add so much to it. Hope is never a bad thing, it's very important to hope but hope alone isn't enough to get things done only ACTION.
GOD RICHLY BLESS
ALFRED
Thank you very much, Alfred.
I appreciate your comments and sharing.
Be safe. Be well.
Cassi
Thank You Cassi, so Profoundly said, as I get off that wall and began to move with confidence down the lighted corridor, I can see the door with the golden knob as my strong desire to reach, grab hold of and open propels me forward to new and greater adventures of success!!!
Leonard,
Thank you for your very kind words. 😊
I appreciate it.
Wishing you the very best success here at WA.
Be safe. Be well.
Cassi
Good message Cassi. I’m in sales and I saw a colleague of mine get fired for saying too often “I hope” this or that will happen, and “I hope to win....” but that was his plan. You really do need to have a plan and then carry it out! Great post.
John
Thank you, John. I appreciate your comments and feedback.
It is my Sales and HR training and development that opened my eyes to this subliminal concept.
Too often we simply "hope" or "wish" or "pray" and then wait on something to happen.
Big mistake.
Have a good day.
Cassi
Spot on, Nicole!
I love this:
"We have to work in harmony with what we pray for."
Thank you for sharing.
Cassi
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I Woke up about two hours ago and now I am going to start Wealthy Affiliate and ends about 6am.
First I am going to read your 6 to 15 posts and the I have only 154 left and I think that every post what I have read I have learnt something. I have learnt many things that I have no idea before and that is very good thing.
To me has been difficult realize how is good think goals.
I have only seen that my head, but about 30 days what I have been this WA and every day many many hours, I have been overwhelm and I can say that truth is that Overwhelm about 15-20 days and take action 10-15 days and my action has been that I do tasks and eventually Phase 2, Lesson 2, I had been stuck one and halv week and yesterday night I made it ready clock 9 and My goal was clock 23, I did not achieved that goal. I was 10 hours late that goal. That is not good thing but now it is ready and good to go forward :)
I readed now this hoping and take action meaning post and you are absolute right that many times, even too many times at least I have just dreaming and known that take action will lead goals but I have been too lazy, too little Why because Strong Why leads take action.
Even I have been 16 to 19 hours Wealthy Affiliate and sleep little, My goals are far away yet.
Now I have to read, learn and take action thousand times.
Have a very good day to you and your whole family!
Timo
Timo, you are blessed.
I so admire your determination and tenacity.
You WILL succeed.
I know it.
Remember to get some rest as well.
Cassi
Those words meaning me very much!
Very kind words!, Thanks!!
I have to be determinate and doing my best because I have decided to succeed and help others and also realize that I have only four WA post. It is so few that I don't know what I do wrong, it is something that I don't know.
Something I do wrong because I concentrate to do training but I have to find some other way to do things. I mean that if my days work is WA blog posts, everyone can see what I do wrong and what I do right and it is possibility developing myself, improve all the things better level.
Very difficult to explain :)
Timo
Timo, try to set a schedule for yourself.
Perhaps a goal to write 2 posts every week, on a Monday and Thursday and do training on the other days.
Would that work for you?
Cassi
Hey, That is idea what I needed, That schedule thing.
I believe that it is necessary that goes to towards to achieve goals.
Okay, I wrote that blog post yesterday and tomorrow I have to write next blog post and after then, thursday.
Every week Monday and Thursday, I will do that.
Now than I wrote that blog post on Friday, I can make it three post starting week and after then always monday and thursday on blog post.
Timo
That will be fine, Timo.
It is always good to have a schedule.
Cassi
Yes, you are right.
Schedule somehow makes it easier and can be follow.
Timo
That's right, Timo.
Just moving in Phase 2, Lesson 4, where Alphabet Soup :), I'm studying exactly what you told me about and tomorrow's big day, writing an article.
It was Monday and Thursday when writing a blog.
Timo
That is great, Timo.