It is a magnificent thing to be able to take action and make things happen. If you have that ability, appreciate it.

Take action while you can and appreciate the ability to do so.

It is magnificent to take action now with a good appreciation for your ability. Almost every person on earth has plans, dreams, and things they want to accomplish. However, something stops most people from doing what needs to be done. One of the reasons people do not take action now and do what they need to do is that they doubt their ability.

Lack of confidence in one’s ability has caused more dreams to be deferred than almost anything else. The silver lining in all this is that if you fail to take action now because you doubt your ability you can turn things around and start to move forward and accomplish your goals. Jesse Jackson once said, “If your mind can conceive it and your heart can believe it, you can achieve it.” This statement is key to the idea that you should take action now and have a good appreciation for your abilities.

1.   Create a list of  the goals you want to accomplish
2.   Write down all the ways you are qualified to accomplish your goals
3.   Make a list of the things you need to do learn in order to accomplish your goals
4.    Gather together the resources you need so you can learn what you need to learn
5.    Get moving, take action now and accept no excuses

Create a list of the goals you want to accomplish. The idea that if you fail to plan you plan to fail is well established. One of the best ways to plan is to put it in writing. Get out a pen and paper or your favorite electronic device and write your plans down. There is something powerful about getting your plans out of your head and into a medium where you can see them, touch them, and examine them on a regular basis.

Actually go through the work of putting your hopes, dreams, and desires in writing.  Once you have put everything in writing, spend time each day looking at the list, thinking about it, and imagining what it will be like to accomplish everything on your list. Let your list be a living, breathing thing. Create a vision board to help you plan and see how you will accomplish your goals. By putting your goals in writing so you have accomplished step one, you conceived it.

Write down all the ways you are qualified to accomplish your goals. One of the biggest reasons people do not take action now and accomplish their goals is that they do not believe they have the necessary ability. In their hearts, they do not believe they can accomplish what they desire. To combat that, write down all the abilities you have that will help you accomplish your goals.

Do not combine items. Write down each thing that makes it possible for you to accomplish your goals. Write one qualification on each line. Having a list of your abilities in writing will help you believe you can accomplish your goals.  When a person believes in herself and her abilities, there is nothing she cannot accomplish. By writing down a list of all the abilities you have that will help you achieve your goals you are showing yourself that you believe you can do what you conceived.

Make a list of the things you need to do learn in order to accomplish your goals. In order to accomplish your goals, you must have a realistic view of your place in the universe. This means you must be honest with yourself about what abilities you lack that you need in order to accomplish your goals. Write down a list of all the things you need to learn in order to accomplish your goals.

It is important to write these things down. Keep the list so that as you learn more and more of what you need to learn, you can cross the things you learn off your list. There is a nice feeling of satisfaction in crossing things off this list. Acknowledging what you need to learn helps you to believe you can accomplish what you desire.

Gather together the resources you need so you can learn what you need to learn. It is a good idea to make a list of what you need to learn in order to accomplish your goals. However, writing down that list is not the end of the road.  Once you have a list of all the things you do not know and need to know to accomplish your goals you must start gathering together resources in order to learn what you need to know.

You can get the information from books, magazines, other people, or blog articles. In today’s world, information is plentiful and you can bring it to where you are, so go gather the information you need. The very act of gathering information will help you believe that you can do the things you have conceived.

Get moving, take action now and accept no excuses. In the end, no matter how many ideas you conceive and no matter how much you believe you can reach your goals, nothing will happen until you actually walk the work and take action now. Stop listening to excuses from yourself and from other people. Get up and do what needs doing.

Take action now and move forward to accomplish all those hopes, dreams, and desires you wrote down. You wrote them down which means you conceived them. You wrote out a list of all the things you know that you need to accomplish them. That means you believe you can do those things. Now is the time to get moving to achieve your hopes, dreams, and desires. Remember, if your mind can conceive it and your heart can conceive it, you can achieve it.

It is magnificent to take action now with a good appreciation for your ability. So, the question for you this magnificent day is, what are you going to take action now and accomplish now that you know you have the ability?