"Now is the time to do something."

A thought by John C. Maxwell & Rob Hoskins in their book, Change Your World (p. 53). HarperCollins Leadership. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon to buy the book.)

Do you have something that you are thinking about doing? Maybe it is an idea that could make a great difference.

John says, "It’s okay to start even when you don’t have all the answers. Do what you know to do. You don’t need to know every step of the way. There is no silver bullet. There is no perfect plan. Focus on purpose, not perfection. There is no standing still when it comes to making a difference. You are either moving forward or sliding backward. Start moving forward. And invite others to join you. If you don’t, you may look back a year from now and wish you had started today. When I started EQUIP, I had no idea we would train millions of leaders. When Rob took over OneHope, he didn’t know the organization would be able to help children in nearly every country in the world. We just took steps forward, hoping to make a difference."

He then said, "Your goal is to make things better however you can. Think about what better can do. Incremental change is better than the status quo. Author and ServiceMaster chairman emeritus William Pollard said, 'Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.' Would you rather have a hand in positive change or just be swept along in the negative change that is going to happen without you? We would rather be catalysts for positive change without preconditions. We believe you would too."

And so now is the time for you to do something. Yes, yes! #continuethought

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