What to do if you donāt know what to doā¦
Marcus Aurelius said, āYou can also commit an injustice by doing nothingā.
If you donāt know who Marcus Aurelius is, google him and buy the book he wrote 2000 years ago called āMeditationsā - it might just change your life.
Anyway, back to the quoteā¦
What exactly did Aurelius mean that you can commit an injustice by doing nothing?
I believe there are 2 ways you can take it.
You commit an injustice to humanity if you watch something bad, eg. a crime, go down and do nothing.
You commit an injustice to yourself if you donāt take action
The first way is a conversation for another day, Iād rather not get into the morals and ethics of modern society.
But the second way⦠oh the second way, thatās something that should hit you deep like a knife to the heart.
Weāve all been there.
Weāve all had a big revenue goal we wanted to chase, a problem in our business that needed solved or a system that needed to be built but had no clue where to start.
And so you did⦠you did nothing.
You committed an injustice to yourself - after all, anything that moves you toward your goals is a thing that will improve your life and give you meaning in the day-to-day and by doing nothing, youāre going against that thing you so badly want. By doing nothing you do the wrong thing.
Doing is a necessity for self-respect, progress and fulfillment.
Without doing there is no progress, there is no building of self-respect and there is no fulfillment.
But I get it⦠if you donāt know what you need to do to take the next step toward your goals, solve your problems or fix your bottlenecks, how on earth are you meant to take it?
Surely itās impossible to do if you donāt know what to do?
Well, no.
We live in an age of endless information. Anything and everything you need to know can be found online - whether itās free on YouTube, in a paid course or through coaching. Itās out there.
And honestly, everything you need is out there on YouTube for free. Thereās nothing youāll find in any course which isnāt already on the internet.
The real reason you should invest in courses is to get a clear and specific roadmap of what you need to do so that you donāt have to sift through endless information and spend a few years figuring out what works and what doesnāt. Also, investing money in a course is a good way to keep yourself accountable to following through and getting results. People donāt act on free information - otherwise everyone would be a millionaire.
Anytime I come across a problem I donāt know how to solve or if Iām not sure of the next steps I need to take, I do a quick search on Youtube and watch a few videos.
Iāll implement anything I find and see if it works. If it doesnāt, I go straight to finding someone who knows what theyāre doing and pay them - for example, Iāve been trying to grow on Youtube for a while now but I wasnāt getting anywhere.
So 2 months ago I spent $7000 on coaching from someone who knows what theyāre doing.
And letās put it this way - I just hit 10k subscribers last week.
Not knowing is not an excuse for not doing.
The more you act without knowing what to do, the sooner you learn what you need to do.
Whether thatās because you take the slow route and learn through experience or whether you take the faster path and invest in yourself.
The sooner you start doing, the sooner you start progressing.
Thatās all for today. Go take action.
ā Ross.
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