First think things through and then follow through, if you want to get anything done. →

Continue an action or task to its conclusion if you want to get things done. Before you even start think about all the different parts of what you want to do first in an effort to understand or make the best decision about it. Then take action on what you decided.

Picasso said “Action is the foundational key to all success”. Our actions take us from our dreams to goals, and then to our reality. A person who does not take any action won't go anywhere.

If your goal is to find a job then you have to take action towards that goal. The first step will be to think things through. What skills do you have and what type of jobs need those skills? You have to review your past work and present it favorably on a resume and on LinkedIn. Then the next step would b to apply for jobs and applying everyday for a job would be a good idea.

A 6 Word Formula for Success

“Think things through - then follow through.” - Edward V. Rickenbacker.

More Quotes on This

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. - Zig Ziglar

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams if you don't follow through. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your Good and Bad Habits can both make you predictable. →

Even animals have habits but whether they are good or bad may be in the eye of the beholder.

A squirrel goes through the winter finding his way to food each day, over and over again, using the same little trail. The path taken follows the edge of a field, along a fence line, under the brush that is growing there, where the squirrel has cover from predators and onlookers. It crosses a small break in the land where water drains from one side of the fence to the other at times and it is where it jumps, without cover, from a rock on one side to the rock on the other side flying momentarily through the air.

A hawk watches for several days from above and notices that the squirrel takes the trail at the same time each morning. Even with  brush covering the trail the hawk can see movement but at the small break he sees that the squirrel is exposed as he jumps through the air.

Days pass and the squirrel’s habits do not change and the hawk continues to watch. One day the hawk is ready watching the movement under the brush and has planned the moment to drops from the sky arriving at the small break in the trail just in time to catch the squirrel in his mouth in midair as he leaps from the rock.

Daily routines are filled with good and bad habits that are repeated over and over. They keeps you busy but it can be used against you. Stop and look up and around is one lesson. Another lesson is be aware of who is watching your habits.

What is different about today. Don’t let habits obscure needed actions.