Be impatient with action, patient with results

Be impatient with action, patient with results.

That was my favorite takeaway from the book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘵

I finished the book a couple of months ago on Audible.

Here are 12 takeaways for your consideration:

𝗜𝗻 𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿:

1. It’s more important the direction you are headed than the speed in which you are going.

2. 𝗕𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀.

3. Inspiration is perishable. Act quickly.

4. 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.

5. Read as much as you can. Not sure what to read, pick whatever you are curious about.

6. 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗶𝘁’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗱.

7. He moved from Freedom to do certain things, to Freedom 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 doing certain things.

8. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.

9. Anger is like holding a hot coal in your hand and waiting to throw it.

10. 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆.

11. You are the best in the world at being yourself.

12. 𝗛𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼-𝘀𝘂𝗺 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 (𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀), 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝘀𝘂𝗺 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲.

--->Which one resonates the most with you?

𝗣.𝗦. My newsletter goes out at 9 a.m. EST on Tuesdays. Today is one of my favorites that I’ve written so far. It’s from one of my favorite movies, based on a true story, and one of the best motivational speeches of all time.

You can find the link in my featured section.