Make It Happen!

Oct 06

One of my favorite TV advertisements is one that promotes the Royal Bank of Scotland. It shows a group of people out at a business lunch. One of them starts choking on some food. The other people at the table talk about how to do the Heimlich maneuver to help him stop choking. They’re talking; the guy is choking. Finally, you see a person from another table walk over and perform the Heimlich maneuver on the person. The choking guy is saved! The motto for the Royal Bank of Scotland is “Make It Happen.”

Have you ever noticed that we often spend so much time overanalyzing what we should do in a situation that we never do anything? What a shame to miss out on so many things in life because you deliberated too long and by the time you made up your mind it didn’t matter any more. I’ve been very guilty of this in the past. One of my new goals as I restructure my life is to think less and do more. That doesn’t mean I’ll do something stupid. However, if there’s something I’ve wanted to try for years but never allowed myself to do, now is the time.

Take a look at your life. How many things have you put off because of fear or overanalyzing? Today can be your day to “Make It Happen!”