Have you ever noticed how many times we get “stuck in the try” without getting anything done?
Have you ever “tried” to make a telephone call?
It has always seemed interesting to me when someone tells me, “I will try to call you next week, so we can get together.”
I often wonder how you do that. How can you “try” to call someone?
Seems to me, either you call them or you don’t. There is no other option. Either you pick up the phone and dial the number or you don’t.
Seems so obvious, doesn’t it?
Yet how often do we get “stuck in the try” without ever doing what we need to do to achieve what we most desire?
Why does this happen so much?
Is it a factory defect, or can it be fixed?
I propose it can be fixed by putting the “pedal to the medal,” instead of getting stuck in try.
One solution, while not easy, works quite well.
Simply ELIMINATE the word TRY from your vocabulary.
A bit drastic?
Do you think it is possible?
Is there any situation where it is better to “try” to do something than to “do it”?
Let’s look at some examples:
- Do you want to try to be a better husband or wife?
- Do you want to try to be a more attentive son, daughter or parent?
- Do you want to try to have a job you love and which you are excited to do every day?
If you really want the best life has to offer, don’t “try” to do anything, just do it.
For some reason Nike’s slogan of “Just Do It” has been so successful for so many years. It isn’t enough to “try” to do something, we must do it. Let’s look at a change in perspective with the words we use.
- Instead of “trying” to be a better husband or wife, we can be one.
- Instead of “trying” to be a more attentive son, daughter or parent, we can do it.
- Instead of “trying” to have a better job, we can get off our butts and get one or create one.
There is power in words; they guide our thoughts and our actions. If I say I am going to “try” to be better, I have an easy out if I don’t. If instead, I say I “will” be better, my mind automatically begins looking for ways to do it, rather than for excuses why not to.
“How many times have you heard someone say, “I will start my diet on Monday, or I will stop smoking tomorrow?
Tomorrow is a dream, it doesn’t exist! If we don’t start to eat better today, we probably will not do it tomorrow. If we don’t find a way to stop smoking today, we will likely continue tomorrow as well.
Don’t get stuck in the try!
- Be a better husband or wife.
- Be a more attentive son, daughter or parent.
- Do what you love to do and you will never have to “work” another day.
Life doesn’t consist in longing to do something someday, rather in doing it today.
Are you with me?
What do you really want to do?
What is stopping you from doing it?
I would suggest you give it a Nike, and Just Do It!
Those who convert their dreams and desires into reality are those who find solutions to their challenges and take action rather than giving excuses. While we don’t always determine where we live in the world, we have influence over the curves, hills, valleys and straight-aways in our own road. When we stop “trying” to move forward and instead take one foot placing it in front of the other, we more fully enjoy this wonderful adventure of life.
∞ Rob McBride ∞
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