| Do you have desires, but no dedicated action? Many | | | | our willingness to follow the plan. We may desire to fly, |
| people have desires and they think that it is all they | | | | but when we find what flying lessons cost and the |
| need. The trouble with this is, without action, and | | | | amount of time we need to learn to fly, we may |
| dedicated action at that, those desires will most likely | | | | decide that we no longer desire to do that. In business, |
| never take place. | | | | this is called the cost of opportunity. There is no free |
| There are those who say that all we need do is put | | | | lunch! Everything cost time, meaning we cannot do |
| our desires, wishes, and hopes out into the cosmos | | | | something else at the same time, and effort. You may |
| and they will show up like magic. Have you ever tried | | | | desire to make a million dollars, but you may not be |
| that? How did it work out? My guess is that it didn't. I | | | | willing to spend the time and effort to get it. |
| have never been able to just wish something into | | | | Along with these plans, we might want to make |
| existence. Now that doesn't mean that I have not | | | | smaller plans. To say we will make a million dollars by |
| experienced some pretty amazing things! It just means | | | | working as a CEO will not get us there. How about |
| that without some sort of dedication and action, I have | | | | school? Would an MBA degree be helpful here? In |
| never had something show up like magic. | | | | what industry? Smaller plans help us to get where we |
| Dedication means to be committed to something. | | | | are going without becoming frustrated with the |
| When we are committed, we tend to not let things | | | | largeness of our plans. |
| discourage or stop us. We move toward the object of | | | | We must have courage. Hardships are bound to |
| our commitment or dedication. We think about it. We | | | | happen. The nice thing is that there is always choice. If |
| work toward its accomplishment. We dream about it. | | | | something happens to foil our plans, there is always a |
| Nothing stands in our way as we move toward the | | | | choice as to what to do next. To be able to step back |
| goal. That's dedication. | | | | and look for the right choice takes courage; courage |
| The problem of desires without dedication is that they | | | | to not lose our dedication, courage to move in the right, |
| soon become wishes and then they become | | | | well thought out direction. We must also have the |
| fantasies. Soon they are nothing more than wisps of | | | | courage to understand that we are responsible for our |
| things we wish were true, but know never will be. | | | | lives and not others. When other people tell us how |
| The first thing we need to do is to be clear what our | | | | silly we are or how stupid our desires are, we need to |
| desire is so we know what it is we are going after. | | | | have the courage to move forward, knowing that we |
| You might say your desire is to enjoy music. Does this | | | | do not have to make these people happy by bowing |
| mean you wish to learn to play the tuba, or does it | | | | to their whims. |
| mean you want to go to concerts? Now this is a far | | | | What are your desires? Are you dedicated to seeing |
| fetched example, but there are times when we desire | | | | them become reality or are they just wishes. If they |
| something, but until we really think it through, we may | | | | are wishes, then let them go the way of fanciful |
| not be clear on what it is we want to do. | | | | dreams. If they are true desires, then move toward |
| Next, we need to plan how we think we are going to | | | | them with dedication. |
| accomplish the object of our desire and then measure | | | | |