{"id":14394,"date":"2021-10-07T04:15:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T11:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=14394"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:20:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T22:20:52","slug":"100-words-on-how-to-quit-dreaming-and-start-doing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id14394-100-words-on-how-to-quit-dreaming-and-start-doing-2.html","title":{"rendered":"100 Words On: How to Quit Dreaming and Start Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-27223 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a>Robert Louis Stevenson said that there can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk. And while that may be true for the dreamers in life, successful people know the world will always depend on doers &#8212; folks who are motivated to follow through and turn grandiose plans into reality. Dreaming alone is never enough; you need ambition too. That means <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id9958-time-for-a-new-income-benchmark-100000-aint-what-it-used-to-be.html\">setting measurable goals<\/a> and mustering the courage and fortitude to persist in seeing them through.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong> True; talking is easy and dreamers never have to take risks &#8212; but that&#8217;s why life&#8217;s spoils ultimately go to the doers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credit: stock photo<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Louis Stevenson said that there can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk. And while that may be true for the dreamers in life, successful people know the world will always depend on doers &#8212; folks who are motivated to follow through and turn grandiose plans into reality. 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