Ever been in a competitive race?
Doesn't matter the level. Whether you are competing for the winning gold or a handmade ribbon from your first grade teacher, there is one constant; nothing happens until someone shouts 'go!' Ready and set just put you in the right place. The word 'go' gives you the freedom to run.
Ever fire a gun? Again, nothing happens until the word 'fire.' Ready and aim just give you the target to shoot for.
I am not here to trivialize the act of putting you in the right place to run the race or setting up the target before you shoot but there are so many people in life who stall at the first two parts. They don't take the next step; action.
Recently, I have had several personal and professional experiences where action was required. It had been brainstormed, strategized, dreamt up, mapped out, visualized, blueprinted, whiteboarded, slept on, bar-napkined, drank over, simulated, and lost sleep over to death. It was time to actually put the plan in place.
Too many people get caught up in setting the table. Not enough people actually dine.
Start the race. Shoot the gun. Eat (or as my Dad used to say in Italian; MANGIA)!
Look...with no action, you either get cramps from being in the set position too long or you become blinded from the lights.
Just go already!
