Do it now!
Decide where you are going and how to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand.
In today's edition of Burke's Bits:
Do It Now!
A Copy Tip
From the Research Files
Pun of the Day
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Do It Now!
Let's Go!
Let's Do It!
Moving Forward!
Make It So!
Once the decision is made and you know the first step to take ... take it.
If you don't, you're not committed nor are you a good decision maker.
Good decisions move us to take action.
Otherwise, they're stuck in our head. It's our actions that tell me, and you, that we’ve made a decision.
When you make a decision, what phrase do you say to get you moving so you take action?
Don't have a phrase? Pick one from above. Put it to use. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
In a short time, you'll be able to look back and see the small decisions you made - took action on - and what you accomplished because of it.
FYI - this was a note to myself. I've been plagued with procrastination and indecision all week. Partly because I know great things will be happening before the year is up. Partly because I know anything can happen to stop those great things from starting. And, partly because I have a fully planned funnel and now am battling the nonsense conversations in my mind that devolve into my thinking myself out of doing it because - well - it’s what I do when I don’t take action right away.
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A Copy Tip
Tell them someone else’s (painful) story.
Here are three examples to help you think about how you might open your letter with a story:
• Jack was fat. No, take that back – he was obese. And worst of all, Jack was only 13 years old…
• Raul’s house was sitting on the market for nearly a year. And for nearly a year, Raul ate up his savings account trying to pay for a mortgage on this vacant house while paying rent for an apartment some 500 miles away. Soon the creditors were calling, hounding him…
• Every time Lee got to the free throw line during a basketball game, he choked. He couldn’t stand the jeering audience and the fact that everyone was staring at him…
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From the Research Files
aka random bits of info you may or may not be able to use in your life
A Fact About The Twinkie
Of the 39 ingredients that make up a Twinkie, only one is strictly a preservative and it's listed as such.
Some of the other chemicals have preserving side effects, but their use is as substitutes for the dairy ingredients.
The lack of these dairy ingredients and the air tight plastic wrap are why the Twinkie can last 25 days on the grocery store shelves.
It's also why it can out last so many of the other baked goods.
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Pun of the Day
Have you heard about those new corduroy pillows?
They're making headlines.
With Gratitude,
Charlene Burke
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"Indecision and delays are the parents of failure." ~ George Canning