So let it be written, so let it be done!
It's only a wish if it's not written down.
I originally read "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill more than 20 years ago. I enjoyed reading it and I thought I learned a lot of great information I could use to reach my financial goals. As time went by I forgot most of what I learned and went back to my regular daily routine.
Then, about a year ago, I received a copy of it and I told myself I would read it again and this time put what I learned into practice.
So I read it again and this time I wrote my own assessment of each chapter. I posted these assessments on my blog and then I got distracted and never got around to putting what I learned into practice.
Then one day I posted a sentence from the book on Twitter and someone replied and all of a sudden a light bulb went off.
I posted the famous quote, “Knowledge is power.”
Someone replied, “Knowledge is potential power!”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Read Think and Grow Rich,” he replied.
“I did read it!” I responded.
“Read it again,” he said.
So I search through the book and I found the chapter that discussed “knowledge” and found the part where Mr. Hill describes knowledge as “potential power.”
Basically, all the knowledge in the world is worthless if you don’t actually use it. In order to use the power of knowledge you have to first know what you want. In order to use the potential power of knowledge you have to put it into action. In order to put it in action, you have to have a plan. In order to have a plan, it must be written down.
Let me repeat that last part;
It must be written down!