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ost.</p><p id="abc0"><b>Daily Doable:</b> What will it be for you? Action or Comfortable Inaction? Will you take flight toward the horizon of opportunity?</p><p id="38b1">May I also suggest the following stories for more perspectives on inaction.</p><div id="8b6a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/take-action-df3dc6a45c5b"> <div> <div> <h2>Take Action!</h2> <div><h3>3 excuses why people don’t take action. And what to do instead.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*N6eRh1C0v2a4COSE15am8w.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="a21c"><a href="undefined">Jari Roomer</a> considers the long-range risks of the <a href="https://readmedium.com/are-you-a-self-improvement-junkie-or-are-you-an-action-taker-fc9b28b665ab">self-improvement junkie.</a></p><div id="7a04" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/are-you-a-self-improvement-junkie-or-are-you-an-action-taker-fc9b28b665ab"> <div> <div> <h2>Are You A Self-Improvement ‘Junkie’ Or Are You An Action Taker?</h2> <div><h3>Five years ago, right after picking up my first self-help book, I got hooked on self-improvement…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*I8MSkp4mKSRnhbLA)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8cb5"><a href="undefined">Thomas Oppong</a> explains how to filter actions with the Eisenhower Method.</p><div id="8c81" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-eisenhower-method-for-taking-action-how-to-distinguish-between-urgent-and-important-tasks-895339a13dea"> <div> <div> <h2>The Eisenhower Method For Taking Action (How to Distinguish Between Urgent and Important Tasks)</h2> <div><h3>“What is important is seldo

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m urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*7CruxXmha8NfMw5EynKrtA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="05fa"><a href="undefined">Julia E Hubbel</a> helps us realize the good that comes from positive action.</p><div id="214a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-make-a-difference-even-when-youre-feeling-helpless-a916b53ed7a8"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Make a Difference Even When You’re Feeling Helpless</h2> <div><h3>Storytellers are immensely powerful. Let’s not waste our gifts.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*kZPfmk9KpEG7L-N5)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8f3e">Thank you for joining me today. I hope you found something here to encourage you to take action. Please allow me to introduce myself below.</p><div id="2eb5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/hi-neighbor-686a6316f7d9"> <div> <div> <h2>Hi Neighbor!</h2> <div><h3>Greetings from Tim Maudlin, your neighbor in Indiana.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*zSzi4sxkpRusbq-rkUUAtw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="25f5">This story was originally published on my site at <a href="http://dowhatyoucannow.com/2020/04/06/comfortable-inaction/"><b>DoWhatYouCanNow.com </b></a>You can reach me there or email <b>[email protected]</b></p><figure id="041d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*T5NzpZwyMTKkPHBPepaitw.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></article></body>

Comfortable Inaction?

Will you take flight toward the horizon of opportunity?

Have you considered the long-range risks of comfortable inaction?

It’s easy to succumb to inaction. The long-range risks can leave a person feeling complacent, resentful, and depressed. A life not lived.

When I was a boy, my family drove past this old farmhouse. On the front porch were two elderly ladies, sisters, sitting in their rocking chairs.

My Dad said something that shocked me and made me sad. He said they were waiting for each other to die. I don’t know why he said that and I never asked.

I hope it wasn’t true but I couldn’t help thinking about how tragic if it was.

Have you known people, who were comfortably inactive? My memories of my grandfather were of a man who sat in his recliner and rarely talked to me.

I contrast him with another man who was more like a grandfather to me. My friend Forrest. Forrest taught me a very valuable lesson about action.

Consider the words from President Kennedy about Comfortable Inaction.

I chose this photo because it shows the horizon of opportunity available IF you decide to take action. Both choices are risky and both come with a cost.

Daily Doable: What will it be for you? Action or Comfortable Inaction? Will you take flight toward the horizon of opportunity?

May I also suggest the following stories for more perspectives on inaction.

Jari Roomer considers the long-range risks of the self-improvement junkie.

Thomas Oppong explains how to filter actions with the Eisenhower Method.

Julia E Hubbel helps us realize the good that comes from positive action.

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you found something here to encourage you to take action. Please allow me to introduce myself below.

This story was originally published on my site at DoWhatYouCanNow.com You can reach me there or email [email protected]

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