I had the great pleasure of hearing Sam Weber speak last night. Sam had a great deal of insight to share, however, one of the greatest pieces of advice I gathered from her talk was her key phrase, “stop talking, start doing.”
We live in a world that is all about perception, and that centers around us constantly attempting to “one up” each other by Utilizing social media platforms such as Linked In or Instagram makes it fairly simple for us to control how others view us, and how we are perceived by society as a whole. The notion that makes us feel like we can completely control how others view us harms us. The reason being that we are able to market ourselves as being fairly successful, without a great deal backing up those claims. Sam indirectly addressed this issue with one simple phrase, “stop talking, start doing,”
I appreciate this phrase for two reasons, it is simple and it is blunt. Instead of us complaining about the issues around us we must act and do something to fix these issues. Instead of spreading ourselves too thin in our extra circular activities just to get that killer resume, let’s invest in activities that we actually care about. Let’s get genuine, and let’s start doing.
BoweryJE22
This is so important to think about now a days. i constantly see on Twitter people talking about what they have to do and what they are going to do. But honestly you never really see it happen. But i don’t blame them because it is a lot easier to say you are going to do something than actually doing it.
Thanks for sharing part of what you gained from Sam’s talk the other night. I wasn’t able to attend so it’s interesting to hear more of what she talked about outside of class. The phrase “start doing” is a lot harder than it sounds. Especially when you are starting a business, or working for a cause that is going to take more than a couple hours of homework to make a change. But it is good advice because once we start taking steps, even if they are small ones, we get one step closer to bringing in God’s kingdom and making a difference in the world.
Something that stuck out while reading this blog, was how much this relates to our walk as professing Christians. Personally, I find myself struggling with not putting my words into actions. It’s one thing to acknowledge a problem or issue, but it’s another to actually follow up and act upon it. Scripture tells us to be a man of our word, and being lazy doesn’t fulfill that calling. Salespeople who tell customers that they are going to do something for them, must follow up and be true to there word, otherwise it could end up hurting them in the end.