I Don't Really Care What You Know!
While still in school, it is common for guys to gather and
discuss what they will be doing after leaving school. There are
lots of guys who say so many things about the future. We all
know we have something to offer when we leave the University and
we go on to encourage ourselves. I have a friend I am so close
to and we are still close till now. One unique thing about this
guy is that he seems to know everything! When I tell him you can
do this and that, he always ends up telling me: "I know." It got
to a point that I started pushing him to stop knowing and start
doing something with what he knows. This is a guy that is very
talented and a very creative person who is just contented with
knowing and not doing.
So many people fall into the category of this my friend and it
is possible you may be one of those people. One thing that has
so much exploded in this present age we are in is information
and knowledge. People seem to know so much about everything but
unfortunately the doers are fewer than the knower. The gap is
just too wide. People don't really care so much about what we
know but about what we do with what we know. Are you familiar
with the phrase: "Resolve without action is NOTHING?"
It is not enough to know about your potentials, start doing
something with them. it is not enough to have a dream, start
doing something about it. It is the action that makes a whole
lot of difference not the knowledge. Wisdom is not gotten by
wishing and hoping, it is from the APPLICATION of knowledge. In
order to realize your goals or dreams, you must take ACTION!
Ideas are nothing without you acting on them. If it is your
desire to attain any height you have set for yourself, NOW is
the time to get started. Do not wait for a better time than NOW
because it doesn't exist. it is only a figment of our
imagination.
Achieving your dreams is not all about writing them down and
visualizing about them. All these are important but not as
important as ACTION! If you don't act on your dreams, you will
remain rooted at the same spot for years to come. You cannot
escape it, ACTION is a must. It is essential to anyone's success
in life.
"Faith without work is dead," how many times have you heard
that? How many of us are keeping faith with having a better life
than what we have now? We want to experience the good things of
life and yet we don't want to sweat it out. Please my dear, stop
wasting your time. Things don't just happen; we have to make
them happen.
"If anyone ADVANCES confidently in the direction of their goals,
and endeavors to live a life that they have imagined, they WILL
meet with success unexpected in common hours." Henry David
Thoreau. This man didn't say, "If one sits back and waits for
the goals to show up," he said "if one advances." and that is
what you have to be doing if you are going to achieve anything
in life. Learn to take action no matter how small it is.
Lastly, let me share the quotes below with you:
"Success: some people dream about it, while others wake up and
work on it."
"Humanity is divided into three classes: those who are
immovable, those who are moveable and those who move!" -
Benjamin Franklin.
Please be the one who moves to make things happen. Work on your
dream and you will be surprised at where it takes you. I am just
SICK and TIRED of people who know, all I want to see are people
who are DOING!
To your success as you do.
Adebola A. Oni