Moving Beyond “Wishing” and “Waiting”

“Hopefully, things will get better in the future.”

Have you ever heard these words? Have you ever thought them? Have you ever said them?

Chances are, in one variation or another, you have.

Wishing and waiting for events to change and for our world to get better during cloudy moments is just human nature.

The “wishing for things to change” part?

That’s fine.

The “waiting for things to change” part?

Well, I don’t like that so much.

“Waiting for change” is passive. Waiting for a sign, for direction, for the go-ahead from a boss, friend, the government, whoever…it often leads to just more darn waiting. When we base our goals and future on someone else’s “Let’s see what happens” or “I’ll get back to you” agenda, we may end up waiting for the rest of our lives.

I really don’t like that.

The bottom line is if you don’t like what’s going on in your life today, and if you have adopted a “wait-and-see” attitude regarding tomorrow, you’ll more than likely have a future that looks very much the same as your “today.”

And I really, really don’t like that.

After 47 years of my fair share of rejection and cloudy days, I have learned to tell myself that “If change is going to be…it’s up to me!”

Want a better tomorrow?

Don’t rely on others’ answers or solutions to fix your problems. Become your own activist, and change your future by changing what you do today! That’s all tomorrow is really…an accumulation of all our thoughts and actions from today and yesterday.

Want more sales tomorrow?

Then make more calls today.

Want that “You’re Hired” call in the future?

Then do more than just submitting a simple resume and application today.

Want to be healthy in the future?

Then start exercising and watching what you eat today.

You get the idea.

Shaping a better tomorrow is all about a living a better TODAY.

Becoming a doer…and not a waiter…is the only sure-fire way we have to really push what happens to us in the future in a positive direction.

Remember: “If it’s going to be…it’s up to me!”

Now that’s a part I like.

Immediate application: To what part of your life can you apply the “If it’s going to be…it’s up to me!” approach?

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