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More you can do
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What does opportunity look like? What does opportunity feel like?

Opportunity is the realization that there’s more you can do. It’s something that’s not at all difficult to see.

There’s more you can do. There are ways, easily within your reach, that you can make a positive difference in the world.

You have knowledge, experience, resources, connections, awareness, energy, time, and passion. And with it all, there’s more you can do.

With life as it is, in this place, on this day, in your particular situation, there’s more you can do. Consider what that could be, and think of the new value it will create.

Opportunity is always present. Because there’s always more you can do.

— Ralph Marston

Action, not worry
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There are plenty of issues to be concerned about in today’s world. And though concern is admirable, concern alone doesn’t accomplish much.

For each topic that worries you, ask yourself something. What exactly can you do about it?

If you’re able to come up with an answer, that’s great. Instead of unproductive worrying, you can apply your energy in a beneficial direction.

If you determine there’s nothing you can do, that’s also a good thing to know. Because you can then direct your time, your thoughts, and your actions into other places where you can make a difference.

You accomplish nothing by fretting over situations that are completely beyond your control. And what’s worse, it can lead you into a spiral of frustration, helplessness, anger and despair.

Instead, identify what you actually can do, and devote yourself to doing it. That’s a whole lot better for your world, and for you as well.

— Ralph Marston

Learning ambition
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You have more potential than you think. You’re capable of more than you realize.

How do you expand your understanding of what you can do? You give yourself an ambitious challenge.

What would you like to do, or be, to have, or experience, that you never thought you could do? You’ll never know for sure unless you give it a shot.

Once you’ve made the commitment and are underway, your assumption is likely to change. Maybe you’ll get all the way there, maybe only part of the way.

Yet it’s almost certain that you’ll make at least some amount of progress. And that’s a whole lot better than doing nothing.

Ambition is a skill you can teach yourself. Go ahead and see how much you can learn.

— Ralph Marston

Achieve gradually
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There are a few objectives you can achieve quickly. There are many more objectives you can achieve gradually.

You cannot learn a new language or other complex skill in a few days. Yet over a year or two with consistent, gradual effort, you can make massive progress.

Are there specific meaningful goals that elude you in the moment? Imagine going to work on one of them gradually.

Make time work in your favor by making use of it as it comes. Give yourself a way to carry value forward from each day you go through.

Set out to achieve gradually, and every morning when you wake up you already have a clear purpose. Do the work to achieve gradually, and enable yourself to look back with satisfaction at how far you’ve come.

Countless possibilities are open to you when you give them enough time. Achieve gradually, and discover how very much you can do.

— Ralph Marston