Do or Do not. There is no try.

 

Yoda's wisdom is unparralled in the universe. His patience and understanding make him the greatest Jedi of them all. Call me a nerd, but the dude, fictional character that he may be, can teach us alot about life. For me this part of "The Empire Strikes Back" holds significant importance. 

Luke is young and impatient. Eager to succeed, but he lacking in all the tools to reach success. That is the problem with experience. Or rather, the good thing about experience. You must DO to gain it. I know that Yoda is specifically talking about a state of mind were we achieve not buy saying "I'll give it a shot", but by believing in ourself. To DO you must feel it, you must think it, and you must believe it. To try is to exit stage left.

Positive thinking can go along way. This is not a post meant to attribute all of life's successes to the power of happy thoughts. Instead, it is a post about making those positive thoughts a reality. Being proactive is a necessity for any Jedi, and it is part of success in real life. In many ways I have been reactive through my first 22 years. Letting things come to me, and not getting out and DOING. The problem with this is that the DOING provides the perspective and experience. In turn that perspective and experience snowballs into more DOING. In order to truly achieve there must be no "try", but the intense belief in DOING.

5 Things I am making a point to DO on a daily basis-

1. Connect with people from a broad variety of backgrounds. Hopefully to better understand the diverse world around me.

2.Take things step by step, don't rush, and take the time to learn. Fast is not best. Too often it is easy to psyche oneself out before anything gets done because a task seems so large.

3.Be decisive. Not to say that thinking things through is not a good thing, but too many little things held up by indecision can become one large problem pretty fast. Take care of what needs to be done by DOING it.

4.Set goals that are reasonable, and task and time oriented. Make them specific and trackable. This goes along with taking things step by step. Plan your work. Work your plan.

5.Unlearn what you have learned. Have a short memory when it comes to failure. Move on and realize that every new oppurtunity is one for success.

BAM- DOING WORK