If I’ve learned one hard truth this week, it’s this: words are easy.
It’s so easy to state things like the following:
“We are a team.”
“Honor, loyalty and respect are in our core. We never have to worry about those.”
“I’ll be there.”
“I will not quit.”
Ideas are beautiful and interesting, but they have no form without follow-through.
“I’ll start tomorrow.”
“I want this, so this is how I’ll get there.”
“I have it under control.”
An idea without follow-through is like the idea never existed.
It’s been a successfully challenging week. And it’s only Wednesday. My follow-through has been on point, though, so it still didn’t feel difficult.
I haven’t made promises I’ve had no intention of keeping. My words have not been easy. These words are backed with not just intention, but persistence and insistence.
The last 72 hours have shown me the importance of limiting my easy words. I state what I mean, and my character is a reflection of what I state.
Ideas without follow-through are like empty promises, and they only make one’s follow-through look impossible.
Watch what you voice. Back it up.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley