What is it costing you—financially, emotionally, and physically—to postpone action? Don’t only evaluate the potential downside of action. It is equally important to measure the atrocious cost of inaction. If you don’t pursue those things that excite you, where will you be in
One reason we fail to take action is that we’re scared to deal with the consequences. It’s not so much that we don’t know what to do as much as we don’t want to deal with the reality of doing it. We don’t want to have conversations, because they might hurt people’s feelings. We don’t want to fire the person that we like, even though we know they’re
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What is it costing you—financially, emotionally, and physically—to postpone action? Don’t only evaluate the potential downside of action. It is equally important to measure the atrocious cost of inaction. If you don’t pursue those things that excite you, where will you be in one year, five years, and ten years? How will you feel having allowed circ
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
When people reflect later in life, it is the things they did not do that generate the greatest despair.