The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing

by | Feb 14, 2024 | Blog

Do you ever spend ages preparing for something that you ought to just get on with? (I do!)

If so, this quote is for you:

“The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.”

It comes from someone called Chris Williamson, about whom I know little (and it’s late—forgive me!). But I read it in this great post by Greg Isenberg on LinkedIn.

And I love it.

It starts:

“Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
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Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
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Making a to-do list for the thing isn’t doing the thing. …”

And so on, until the conclusion I quoted above.

For me, tonight, that thing is getting a decent night’s sleep.

So off I pop,
James