Quotes About Action

You can't build on top of "We'll decide later," but you can build on top of "Done.

Decide what you're going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance.

When you get in that flow of making decision after decision, you build momentum and boost morale. Decisions are progress.

I disagree, but let's commit

Éste es el mensaje con el que todos nos deberíamos quedar. Toma el cincel y empieza a hacer algo real. Cualquier otra cosa será sencillamente una distracción.

If you want to do something, you've got to do it now. You can't put it on a shelf and wait two months to get around to it. You can't just say you'll do it later. Later, you won't be pumped up about it anymore.

The real world isn't a place, it's an excuse.

What you do is your legacy. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to make the change you want to see. And don't think it takes a huge team to make that difference either.

The problem comes when you postpone decisions in the hope that a perfect answer will come to you later. It won't. You're as likely to make a great call today as you are tomorrow.

If you constantly fret about timing things perfectly, they'll never happen.

Stanley Kubrick gave this advice to aspiring filmmakers: "Get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all."6 Kubrick knew that when you're new at something, you need to start creating. The most important thing is to begin. So get a camera, hit Record, and start shooting.

It's tempting for people to obsess over tools instead of what they're going to do with those tools.

Así que formúlate la pregunta: «¿Qué podemos lograr en dos semanas?» Y hazlo. Preséntalo y deja que la gente lo use, lo pruebe, juegue con ello o lo que sea. Cuanto antes llegue a manos de tus clientes, mejor te irá a ti.

Launch now When

Get the chisel out and start making something real. Anything else is just a distraction.

Give up on the guesswork. Decide what you're going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance. It's OK to wing it. Just get on the plane and go. You can pick up a nicer shirt, shaving cream, and a toothbrush once you get there.

The best cultures derive from actions people actually take, not the ones they write about in a mission statement.

Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea. And everyone's got one of those.

Tener la idea de eBay no tiene nada que ver con ir y crear eBay. Lo que importa es lo que haces, no lo que piensas o planeas.

Siempre que puedas sustituye «vamos a pensárnoslo» por «decidámoslo». Comprométete a tomar decisiones. No esperes a que llegue la solución perfecta. Decide y sigue avanzando.

Permission to jump in an X-wing and blow something up?" "Granted.

The right people are those who take the initiative to get things done, who make things happen and whom you come to count on for ideas for constant change and improvement.

After twenty years of systematic observation I've decided the most common mistake is for one to get stuck on the "plains of hesitation." The plains of hesitation are a metaphorical place where the best laid plans and good intentions expire.

The only guarantee in business is if you do nothing, nothing will happen. Also, as the school of hard knocks teaches, most good strategy is made by doing.