The easiest thing anyone can do is think. It is so easy, you can do it with your eyes closed. Every person is capable of awesome thoughts and some not very awesome thoughts.
You get to a point in life where it feels like all you do is think. You think about yourself as a human being; why you think, speak, walk, put on clothes, feel, bleed, eat, breathe or are even alive at the moment.
"What is this being walking the earth and talking to other beings that look just like it???"
You think about plans that you could execute, what your constraints are, why they’re your constraints and what you can do to overcome such constraints.
"Why do plans come with constraints in the first place???"
Thinking sets the pace for any action that has a chance of being taken. It's a precursor to successfully doing something. When you think about plans, you're recognizing that it can be done. You're actually visualizing yourself bringing that plan to life. You feel the joy, sweat, drama, and accomplishments that unfold as you execute that plan ...in your head.
Just as thinking sets the pace for actions, actions set the pace for even better thinking
The problem with thinking is that it leaves no room for doing actual work. There's no room to do the work you know you need to do for your thoughts to come to life.
It gives you a feeling of success based on what someone else has achieved. But that person didn't just think up how well they did what they did. They put in more time working than thinking. As they thought, they worked.
I've read that in tennis, you don't waste time thinking about a point you lost and how you lost it. You remember why you lost it, then you forget it and look forward to the next point. Thereby, spending less time thinking.
Just as thinking sets the pace for actions, actions set the pace for even better thinking. It's a feedback loop that just keeps growing when nurtured properly. You think and you act. If it works, you think about improving the action. If it doesn't, you forget it and think of the next action.
Someone thought about making telephones portable before phones with monochromatic displays and monophonic ringtones were actually made. Which in turn led to thoughts of polyphonic ringtones and multicolored displays.
This thought-action feedback loop has led to phones with innovative features as great as stereo speakers, AMOLED screens, graphic processing units, multi-sensor, and multi-lens cameras.
These innovations have made a worldwide positive impact. In the history of media processing, news, photography, music, and videography have never been this handy. And all these are now possible because some people decided to act on their thoughts.
Work towards your thoughts one step at a time, refining and improving your thoughts as you work.
Yes, doing something for the first time, can breed some kind of fear that you feel in your spine and in your throat, but it’s your bravery that helps you get through that thing successfully. Even with constant practice, the fear doesn't go away. You just get used to being brave.
If there's a reason to be afraid, then there's also a reason to be brave. With bravery, no matter how great the fear is, you'll do nothing but improve. When you improve in what you do, you improve your impact on people's lives, thereby inspiring them to improve in what they do too.
Is there something you really want to do? Is there a particular way you think it can happen? Don't just think about it. Work towards it one step at a time, refining and improving your thoughts as you work.
The world deserves your good work. The people around you deserve the positive impact you can make in their lives. They deserve to witness the awesome things you have in mind. Be brave, and prove it to yourself that you can bring those awesome thoughts to life.