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Oct 16 2022

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Zig Ziglar said, “You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start in order to be great.” 

Nothing in life is accomplished automatically.

Great things don’t happen just because we want them to.

Wishing doesn’t quite work in real life the way they do in fairy tales and Disney movies.

Hope is not always a great strategy. We have to get started. We have to put some action behind our desires.

I don’t know what your goals are today. I don’t know what’s most important to you or what you want to accomplish, but I’m guessing there’s something on your mind.

All great achievements begin as a simple thought, but then they need to be acted upon. Just like Zig Ziglar said, we have to get started.

Where do you want to be a year from now? Well, you won’t get there if you don’t get started.

A year from now you’ll wish you started today.

The future seems so far away but when it arrives, it seems like the past went so quickly. Start today.

As the old ancient proverb says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

 

Jamy Bechler is the author of five books including The Captain and The Bus Trip, host of the Success is a Choice Podcast, professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator.  The Leadership Playbook is Bechler’s online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team’s culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by clicking here.

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