Are You a THINKER or a DRIVER?

I got this in my email today and it came just at the right time as I embark on a new year with all new challenges and surprises coming my way. This hit me square between the eyes because I have definitely been a THINKER for most of my life. This is the year I become a DRIVER instead!

How about you?





What do you want to achieve this year?

Do you want things to turn out differently than last year?

If so, it's time to ask yourself a VERY important question:

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Are You a THINKER or a DRIVER?

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THINKERS think about what they want to achieve and
then rethink it and rethink it again. (You may
have heard this referred to as "paralysis by analysis".)

Drivers think things through enough to make informed
decisions, take action and then measure their results.

THINKERS worry about making the "right" decisions
and won't take action until they are sure they're
doing things right.

DRIVERS gather enough facts and information to reasonably
accomplish the task, then plunge in. Knowing all along
that it is in the DOING that they will find out the
information to do it right.

THINKERS worry about making mistakes, failing and not
being good enough.

DRIVERS worry about these things too. And take action anyway.

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When a DRIVER succeeds many people will say "He's sure
lucky..."

But get a group of DRIVERS in a room and spend some
time talking to them and you'll find out they
don't attribute their successes to luck, exceptional skill,
or even a great realm of knowledge.

They simply attribute their success to the fact that they
knew when to take ACTION.

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People aren't born THINKERS or DRIVERS.

It's something we learn as we go through life.

I was not always a DRIVER.

I was a THINKER through and through.

Growing up I was taught to be a THINKER.

Taught that making mistakes was bad.

Taught to get all my ducks in a row
and THEN take action.

I was continually told ...

"If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right."

Now I don't blame those who told me that -
they were raised as THINKERS too.

But several years ago I realized that all the successes
I'd achieved in my life to that point had come from the
ACTIONS I had taken.

And in that moment, my life changed forever.

From that point on, I became a DRIVER.