Do you wish your test was behind you? Do you wish you had already passed this thing? Do you wish that you didn’t have to take it at all?
Or
Have you decided to pass it? Have you decided to crush it and get a move on with your life?
Wishing and dreaming vs. deciding. There is incredible power in deciding to do something. There is no power in being drug along trying to do a thing because you are supposed to.
You can spend years dreaming about losing weight with no results — failure after failure. Then once you DECIDE to lose weight, nothing can stop you. The difference is unbelievable, and you can see it everywhere.
It isn’t ability or knowledge. There are plenty of books out there on how to be fit and rich. There are plenty of books out there on how to pass your PANCE. It isn’t about content knowledge. It’s about making a decision and devoting all of your energy to it.
I’ve been thinking about restarting the podcast for about a month. It hasn’t happened. I’ve been thinking about cleaning out the garage for about six months. Nothing.
I decided to run a marathon, and I haven’t yet missed a day of training. Right now I’m one day ahead on my training.
My other projects are languishing because I’m dreaming about them. I haven’t decided deep down to do them. I’d love to do them. I wish every night to start working on them. I even write them down on my to-do list all the time, but they are no closer to being done.
I can’t tell you how to flip that switch. I’m not sure how to find it. I don’t know where it is. I do know that once you decide. Once you choose to do it, everything gets so much easier, and nothing can stop you.
If you’ve decided, for real decided The Final Step will get you to cement down the content knowledge you need, but not if you use it to keep your desk from floating away. That pile of books is big enough I’m sure. Nope, the one flaw this book has is that it has to be used. Unfortunately, just buying it doesn’t help.
Brian Wallace