No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying. – Tony Robbins and here

The rabbit moves fast, but he stops trying when he takes a nap. The tortoise may move slowly, but he makes progress, and he wins.

What does that mean?
How true is that! The person who isn’t trying is going nowhere, by definition. They aren’t doing what it takes to plan the task, they aren’t getting started, they aren’t doing what is necessary to keep things moving, and they most certainly aren’t going to ever get it done!

No matter how slowly you are moving, you are still moving. Even if it’s in the wrong direction, you’ll get it figured out and straightened out soon enough. Then you’ll be back on track and getting things done, working towards your goals.

No matter the number or severity of mistakes, you are still making progress if you learn from them, right? So keep the faith, and keep working at it. Notice what’s working and adjust what you do. You’ll eventually make some progress, which is what the person who isn’t trying will never do.

Why is action important?  
This quote is comparing people who do things with those who are afraid or unwilling to do something. Even if you’re not an action-oriented person, taking action is still critical to living a full life. Even if the day’s action is heading to the porch to read a book while enjoying a nice spring breeze, you’re taking action.

By taking an action to get to the porch and read, you’ve done something. Even if you were supposed to be doing laundry, you will eventually realize it, and get busy. That’s well ahead of the person who neither read, nor did laundry. While that’s a pretty silly analogy, I think you get the point.

You will get something if you try, even if it’s not what you wanted. If you keep after it, and keep trying, no matter how many times you get something other than what you wanted, no matter how slowly you make your way towards your goals, you are still ahead of those who did not even bother to try.

Where can I apply this in my life?
Have you ever thought about doing something, or even started it, and then stopped? OK, that was a dumb question. We all have. The real question is how often do you regret not continuing your effort, attempting to complete the task?

Have you ever been reminded of some skill or project on a TV show? What about that planter you were going to build and put on the deck? It was just on that build-it-yourself show. What about the spark plugs and wires, cap and rotor you were going to do and save money? It was just on a car-guy show.

Have you ever talked with a friend who is all excited about having completed something you abandoned years ago? Perhaps they learned how to fly an airplane, or learned a foreign language and spend a month backpacking through that country? Do you say “that could have been me, if only…”?

You don’t know how long it took them, or how many times they messed up. All you know is they are way ahead of you, because they took action and you did not. Take a moment and think of all the things you have thought you might want to do, but have yet to get started on (or started and then stopped).

What are some of the things you wish you’d done sooner? Grab some paper and write them down. Can you still do them? By that I mean if you wanted to play in the NFL and you’re now in your 60’s, that’s going to be a lot harder than if you were in your 20’s, right? Look through the list and select the one that most inspires you, the one on which you want to start work.

Write down why you haven’t completed this already. What stopped you? Now write down why it won’t stop you this time. If you don’t have an answer for that, you are likely to fail, right? So take some time and write down what you will do differently to prevent the same thing stopping you this time.

Now that we’ve hit one of the big negatives, let’s build a big positive. Why are you going to make this happen, why must this thing happen? If you have a powerful enough reason to do it, you will make the time to do it. Is it because you want to feel the experience that comes with the completion (perhaps for flying a plane)? Do you want to do it for the joy of the action (perhaps getting in shape for hiking or mountain climbing)? Perhaps you want to avoid regretting not having done this sooner, or at all, when you are even older?

Even if you can’t get into the NFL at your age, health, and skill level, there are always fantasy camps, right? You can still get a taste of it, if you can scrape up the money. If your health precludes you getting a pilot’s licence, perhaps you can make friends with someone who has a license and a plane, split the costs with them, and fly as a passenger/co-pilot.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Find a way to make it happen. Find a reason to make it happen. Find the energy, the money, and the time, and then make it happen. It’s not likely to come find you, so get busy!

From: Twitter, @tonyrobbins
confirmed at : it’s from his own feed…
Photo by nicknbecka