"Change begins on the inside."

A thought by John C. Maxwell & Rob Hoskins in their book, Change Your World (p. 21). HarperCollins Leadership. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon to buy the book.)

It really does. Maybe there is something in this world we live in that you would like to change.

John & Rob earlier said, "If people resistant to change had a theme song, it would be the old hymn that says, 'I shall not be, I shall not be moved.' But for people who want to change their world, they’d rather be singing, 'I shall not be stopped!'

"Business consultant Rob Llewellyn observed, Have you noticed that the people who make things happen in this world value and share a similar sense of urgency?

"Regardless of what people aim to achieve, whether in sport, business or otherwise, those who set themselves apart from the rest maintain a sense of urgency in order to be the best they can be. They choose not to disconnect from what they are aiming to achieve, and they pursue it—regardless of what anyone else thinks or says—because their sense of urgency is an integral part of who they are.

They go on, "Change begins on the inside. We need to tap into our desire to see change happen and enable it to strengthen into a sense of urgency. Then we need to sustain that sense of urgency. As Ralph Marston, author of The Daily Motivator, said, 'Success requires both urgency and patience. Be urgent about making the effort, and patient about seeing the results."

They continue, "When you harness your hope and tap into a sense of urgency for change, it only increases your desire to see that change come about. You could call it a kind of positive, healthy discontent. But without that urgency, you lose momentum and energy. We agree with motivational speaker Jim Rohn, who said, 'Without a sense of urgency, a desire loses its value.'"

They later say, "The people who change the world are those who want to and don’t wait to. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, 'That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not because the nature of the thing itself has changed, but that our power to do is increased.'"

The key is to be both urgent and patient. Yes, yes! #continuethought