BE A DOER, NOT A WATCHER

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. I find this is an interesting statement, as in my life I have been both a doer and a watcher.

And when I was doing things, I could feel the envy of those who were simply watching. Similarly, I knew the feelings of envy when I saw others out doing and achieving and reaping their rewards. I imagine most of us have been on both sides of the statement at some point in our lives.

The point is that there are usually far more people in the bleachers, watching, than there are people on the field, doing. The sports analogy tends to fall apart as the fans tend to be rooting for the people on the field but I think you understand the premise.
But the implication of the statement, if I may be so bold, is that we can be the person who is doing things, instead of those just watching. To start with, if you don’t do the things you want to do, who will?

If you want a promotion or a better job, will you be a person who does things to gain it, or will you simply be envious of those who do?
That’s a choice we all face at some point in our lives. If someone does better, and gets what we wanted, we learn to be better next time.
But if we do nothing, how do we get what we want? Some wait for the winning lottery ticket to find them, and others simply give up doing anything besides being envious.

But neither of those methods or strategies will get you very far, at least in my experience. How well has it worked in yours?
That said, no one can do everything all the time. But people of action, the doers in life, tend to get more out of life because they’re putting more into it.

Whether you call it determination, effort, action, stick-to-it-ive-ness or any other word, it still ends the same way. They tend to get more.
The flip side of the statement doesn’t have to be true. You don’t have to be envious but you do have to accept reality. If you do very little, you will get very little.

That’s just the way the world works. Unless you have connections or a great deal of luck, if you want to get ahead, you’re going to have to do something.

That would depend on where in your life you want to either become a ‘do’ type person or improve how much, or what, you do. You will have to focus on what part of your life you want more out of in order to get more out of it.

That seems pretty obvious, but I am constantly amazed how many people do just a little and expect a big return. If you want small results, do small things. If you want big results, you generally have to do big things.

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