| When thoughts become things. | | | | express something that was internal on the outside. |
| 03rd June 2006 | | | | Every action is a cause set in motion and for every |
| Author: Deon Du Plessis | | | | cause there is an effect and it is the effects or results |
| We've all heard the saying that "talk is cheap." In fact | | | | that we are all really interested in. You don't want to |
| we've heard it so often it's become a cliché. Like | | | | know that you can be wealthy. You want to |
| most cliché's the law of familiarity has set in and | | | | experience it by seeing and touching it and the real |
| keeps us from actually absorbing the true meaning of | | | | satisfaction comes from turning your ideas into reality. |
| the phrase. We've grown so tired of hearing it that we | | | | There is a big difference between knowing what to do |
| don't really listen to it anymore. The fact remains that | | | | and doing what you know. Most people know what to |
| talk is cheap. It is easy to talk about things and most | | | | do to be able to make their lives work but knowing |
| people do. In fact most people "talk a great game" on | | | | just isn't enough - we must act and use what we |
| a regular basis. The difference in people, however, is | | | | know. Something intangible happens when you take |
| not in what they say they will do but in what they | | | | action on an idea. You set in motion a series of events, |
| actually do. | | | | events that you don't always know the full |
| We don't really judge people by what they say but | | | | consequences of. Like throwing a stone in a pond, the |
| rather by what they do. We judge people by their | | | | ripple effect of the water affects the whole pond and |
| behaviour and by their actions. The reason for this is | | | | moves everything that is in or on the pond. This |
| that deep down inside we all know that words have | | | | illustrates how a single action can have a significant |
| no real power to create anything in itself. It is only | | | | impact even if you aren't always aware of it. On a |
| when the words are backed up by action that you | | | | more practical and tangible level you start getting |
| have the power to create any real results. The ironic | | | | feedback from your actions and you learn things that |
| thing is that although most of us know this we get | | | | you can only learn as a result of your actions. These |
| caught up in accumulating knowledge. We learn | | | | are things you simply cannot learn from merely listening |
| something and get really interested in the results we | | | | to others or reading books. |
| think the information can produce for us. In pursuing the | | | | Think of your knowledge and ideas as an elastic band. |
| results, we often confuse it with getting more | | | | It has the ability to be stretched, but until and unless |
| information so we end up gathering and accumulation | | | | you stretch it you are not using it for its real purpose. |
| tons of information and knowledge without producing | | | | Information is usually something external. When you |
| the result we wanted in the first place. | | | | learn it you transform it into knowledge and when you |
| The proper fruit of knowledge is action. It is true that | | | | act on it, it becomes part of your life. To truly |
| gaining knowledge can make us feel more capable but | | | | experience anything in life you must take action. |
| knowledge in itself will not produce the results we | | | | Knowing simply isn't enough. We all want to feel and |
| really desire. One of the biggest myths that is | | | | this only comes from engaging "all of you" - by |
| prevalent in the information age is the notion that | | | | engaging all of your senses to experience the fullness |
| knowledge is power. Knowledge is not power. It is only | | | | of life in all its abundance. |
| potential power. What you do with what you know is | | | | It doesn't take many ideas to change something in |
| where the real power is. The difference in people | | | | your life. Neither does it take a complicated idea. It |
| comes in what they have done differently from | | | | takes ideas that you can use and act upon to give |
| someone else with the same information. The reality | | | | you what you really want. Rarely is it the information |
| of the world we live in is that information on almost | | | | or ideas that you really want as it is almost always |
| anything is freely available to anyone, quite literally at | | | | only the means to an end. What you truly want is |
| the push of a button. | | | | results and this will only come from using what you |
| Even though you have all the information at your | | | | know. Don't get caught in the flood of information and |
| fingertips, still, the most valuable resource you have to | | | | knowledge. Start to focus your mind on action and on |
| create results in your life is your ability to take action. | | | | applying ideas instead of accumulating them. Slowly |
| An action always produces a result. When you take | | | | feed yourself more information and knowledge, but let |
| action you bring an idea into effect and you use your | | | | your actions be your ultimate guide. After all it is not |
| will to do something to achieve a specific purpose. | | | | what you say you will do but what you actually do that |
| When you do this you actually create in the true sense | | | | will determine the quality of your life and what you |
| of the word as you turn an idea into reality; you | | | | achieve or fail to achieve. |