Quotes about Action

Education without execution is extinction

Don't let emotions paralyze you.

The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them. It is so, so cumbersome to believe anything. And it isn't cool.

Here is nearly every story you see or hear in a nutshell: A CHARACTER who wants something encounters a PROBLEM before they can get it. At the peak of their despair, a GUIDE steps into their lives, gives them a PLAN, and CALLS THEM TO ACTION. That action helps them avoid FAILURE and ends in a SUCCESS.

You're assuming that love is a feeling. It isn't. It can involve feelings, but often it doesn't. Love acts out of faith, which rarely involves feelings. Love is action; it's deciding something is true and living out of that belief.

People are looking for a philosophy they can embody or a series of steps they can take to solve their problems.

Characters only take action after they are challenged by an outside force.

After three more e-mails like this, our client included an e-mail that contained an offer and a call to action.

Not having a clear call to action is the equivalent of telling customers you don't really believe in your product and don't think that product can solve their problems and change their lives.

If we really want our business to grow, we should position our products as the resolution to an external, internal, and philosophical problem and frame the "Buy Now" button as the action a customer must take to create closure in their story.

Storybrand Principle Five: Customers do not take action unless they are challenged to take action.

It is when people do not allow God to show up through them, she realized, that the world collapses in on itself.