The Action Principle: Why Doing Matters Most

[00:00:00] Can we start really deep today? I mean, really deep, how many amazing ideas, innovations, services, inventions, and developments we'll never see the light of day now stop and think about it for a moment inaction on the part of people has robbed us of possibly some of the most important discoveries in the history of mankind.

Now, some of you hyperbolic here. But before you say that, analyze your own life truthfully and count all of the things you thought of and thought about doing, but never did. The only thing that actually matters is what you actually do. So let's get into it.

Here's the million dollar question. How do men like us reach our full potentials growing to the men we dream of being while taking care of our responsibilities, working, being good husbands, fathers, and still take care of ourselves [00:01:00] Well, that's the big question in this podcast. We'll help you answer those questions and more.

My name is Brent and welcome to the fallible man podcast.

We've all done it. And we all certainly have friends who talks about doing great things, but never actually does anything. Zig Ziglar said, you don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. So today let's make an argument for why you need to take action and how it will make your life better.

By the way, my name is Brent and welcome to the fallible man podcast. You're home for all things, man. Big shout out to our first time listeners. Thanks for sharing with us and giving us a chance. We know there's a lot competing for your attention, so it means a lot. Be sure and connect with me at the fallible man on almost any social media platform.

I'm especially active on Instagram. Let me know what you thought of the show and a warm welcome to fallible nation. That's our long time listeners. Hey guys, thanks for jumping in for another episode. Now, [00:02:00] there are a lot of arguments about getting ready. I am certainly the guy who thinks about it and plans, but there comes a point in your life where, you know, you got to shit or get off the pot, man.

It's just that simple. I'd love to say elegant, but that just wouldn't be me. So let's look at three things that come into play here. A is paralysis by analysis. It's killing your future. We live in a golden age of information. The downside is the sheer amount of information available to us is crippling.

We assume because there's so much information that we need all of it before we take an action. We believe we don't know enough. We might miss something or that there's way too much for us to possibly get a handle on this. I mean, Oh my goodness. Look at that mountain of information. There's no way I can do this.

I've done it. You've done it. [00:03:00] Let me share a thought with you. Your first will be messy. No, we're not talking about that. It might be a first attempt at anything. First attempt at going to the gym. First video on YouTube. If that's something you want to do. First attempt to launch a business. First thing you write.

Maybe you want to write blogs or books. First position in a new job. First time being a parent. It's all going to be messy. I'm, I'm down for careful preparation, but at a point you got to stop overthinking. Stop planning and start doing the work. R's off or not B is or two. I don't know. I'm I'm bad today.

Talk is cheap. Action is what you judge by. No one cares. This is one of my favorite facts in life. I love how obsessed we are in this current age. With ourselves, right? Social media builds empires to ourselves. I'm so great. I have so many faults. No one actually cares. Really. If you go away [00:04:00] tomorrow, they'll find somebody else.

My podcast goes away. You'll find another one. I hope you enjoyed the show, but the truth is you'll find something else to replace that. I frequently love the saying, no one cares, work harder because. There's a lot of truth to it. I can't even begin to guess how many things early on in my life that I have personally talked about doing and never done.

Okay guys, the laundry list of Brent's missed opportunities and far gone choices. I can't, I really can't even begin to tell you all, all the amazing things. That I did not do, but you don't care. No one does. We all like to wax poetic about dreams and goals, ideas, things we're going to do. We all talk about when I win the lotto or I'd love to go do this.

So I'd love to go do that. I mean, how many times have you been drinking with a buddy and solve the world hunger? But the minute you sober up, it's all gone. It's like, Oh, what were we? [00:05:00] Oh, who cares? You know, it doesn't really matter. Right. The inhibitions came down. The dreams came out in that conversation and then it all went away.

One of the guys who came to our conference last year told me that the event saved his life. As an event coordinator, that's something I really want to hear as a guy who works with men. I love to hear that kind of thing, but the truth is he was on an emotional high. I've seen this in my years, working with teenagers.

You go to a big weekend event, right? You go to a conference, you go to some kind of retreat and you're like, whoo, super pumped. Now, let me tell you what actually happened. He saved his life because when he left the next day, instead of going, wow, that was a great conference and I'm really inspired. He took action.

All we did was offer some ideas. I can pick up a thousand books and find ideas. All we did was offer some ideas. He took action, said, and done. I didn't [00:06:00] save anything. He saved his own life because he took action. Stop talking about it. Find your purpose, seek your passion and get moving. We all heard the old adage close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Maybe that's just me. That's one of my favorites. Talk is cheap guys. No one cares. Do it. Just get moving. Take some action. C or three, whatever we're on. You don't have time for inaction. Life expectancy is really not that long. Especially when you start to count in lost time to growing up. It takes a lot of years of your life.

Sleeping ridiculously amount of long time, time on the toilet for some people that's longer than others, but you actually lose a lot of your life there being stuck at work. Oh my goodness. Consumes a lot of your life, right? We really have a short time on earth. And at 44, I'm closer to the grave than I am my birth.

We are marching towards death from the day we're born. The good news is that should empower us. That should enable us because that should make time [00:07:00] more precious. How much time do you want to waste? Being in ministry over the years, my dad being in ministry, I attended a lot of funerals. How many regrets do you want to carry to your grave?

Because it's inaction that haunts you later in life. What all is possible if you take action? And what are you missing by default if you don't? Because you have to count that, the things you miss because you didn't take action. The old saying is the best time was yesterday. Now is the next best time because tomorrow never comes.

When you say tomorrow, you're probably saying never. And it's true guys. You don't have time to not take the action that's going to move your life to where you want to take worst thing. You lose some time on it, but you learn a lot of lessons along the way. Guys, think about this. There are so many great ideas out there, but many of them never happened because people don't take action.

Your life is waiting for you to step into it. You are singly gifted with who you are, the [00:08:00] talent you have, and the experiences that have shaped you. You have great ideas, big goals, and aspirations that only you can achieve. But you have to take action because what we do is more important than what we say.

Time is short and you shouldn't waste it waiting for the perfect moment. It's better to start now than to wait for tomorrow, which might never come. So let's not wait any longer. Let's take action and make things happen today because today is the day that you start taking action. Now it is Friday, the Friday video.

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