“A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action.” ~ Georges Clemenceau

The challenge of being innovative is that you have to DO SOMETHING. Being a person of action is required in order to live a productive life. Nothing will ever get done if you are not doing it. The largest gap in life is between knowing and doing. I come across people who have so many dreams and ideas for their life, but never seem to get it done. What a tragedy. Life was meant to be lived, not just thought about. The ideas we have are seeds, but that seed has to be nurtured in order to grow into something great. Just having a seed means nothing if you are not planting it, watering it, and protecting it. The ideas that you have are seeds of potential within you that must be used.

I am amazed at how many people waste time. They have so many seeds of potential within them to develop, yet they go home from work and sit around doing nothing. When you sit around “killing time” you are murdering opportunity. There is simply too much to be done and developed in your life to sit around wasting precious time. When we look back over our life we will not wish we did less and sat around watching more TV. No, we will have wanted to accomplish the things that were in our heart to do.

So don’t wait to be motivated to do something, just do it! Start to rev up your energy and get going, you will find that motivation will come as you go. Don’t be a ready aim, aim, aim, aim, aim, aim, aim, aim…kind of person. Watch out for the time killers in your life. These are the things that will waste your potential. They are productivity assassins. Sometimes they are laziness, apathy, indecision, channel surfing, sleeping, zoning out, etc… Recognize the time killers that sabotage your ideas. Do not make excuses for them and cuddle up next to them. You were created for more. You were created with potential to make a signifiant impact in the world with the ideas you have. Don’t waste them.

Get around people who inspire you to be, do, and have more. Get around the kind of people who will push you. Surround yourself with blogs, books, messages, etc… that will stir your soul. Place yourself in growth environments that will foster your creativity and productivity. Challenge yourself to commit to something that will push you and cause you to be accountable. Give yourself deadlines and push to meet those deadlines. Be your own boss that expects great things from yourself. Step out and START!