The Blue Roof

NIKE probably has the strongest slogan available – Just do it! What would happen if we all Just do it!? How many times have I kicked myself because I did not Just do it! How about you?

 This morning I was reminded of something I wrote in Investments and Investing (which you can download for free). In that book I wrote about people investing offshore when the Rand was at its weakest. The Rand has been very strong for some time now, and I was sort of planning to invest some money offshore. But never got a round to it. Now the Rand is weakening and when I heard the exchange rate this morning, I thought about the profit I could have made, if I Just do (did) it!

 When I lived in Worcester about 15 years ago, somebody developed a piece of land and was selling plots at a very good price. At least once a week I would drive past this development and say to myself: “I must buy a plot or two.” Then one day I drive by and somebody is building a house and I say: “Today I must buy myself a plot or two.” I went home, phoned the developer and discovered – I cannot afford one plot any more. I did not Just do it!

 And that is something that people who build real wealth understands. They see opportunities and ACT. Or as somebody once said: Every morning everybody has a wonderful idea under the shower. Some people get rich from their idea – because they get out of the shower and start working on it. They Just do it!

 Just do it!