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Just Do It!

"A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step, wrote Confucius.  A thousand dreams die unborn every day because the dreamer lacks the courage to take the first step, in faith, with no guarantee of success.

The great difference between high achievement and failure in life is contained in your willingness to launch in the direction of your goal, even when your information is still incomplete.

There are no guarantees in life, and we know that if every question must be answered, if every obstacle must first be overcome - then nothing will ever get done.

Decide what you want, write it down, make a plan, and then - take action (Tracy, 2003, p. 15-16)."

Reference:  Tracy, B. (2003).  Many miles to go: a modern parable for business success.  Canada: Entrepreneur Press.

What do you want to achieve in 2004?

Many Miles to Go is available on loan from the Ohio State University Leadership Center.  A complete listing of all the Leadership Center's resources is available on our website http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu/

Helpful Hint:  Looking for a past Leadership Moment?  Look no

further...Leadership Moments is published on the OSU Leadership Center

website.  Click on:

http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu/Publications/Leadership_Moments/leadership

_moments.htm and you'll have access to articles from 1999 to present.

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Created: 2008-04-02, Updated: 2008-11-12