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Eleanor Roosevelt - "It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to The Daily Quote, the podcast
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  designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Anna Mcgibburn, and this episode is brought to
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  And that brings us to today's quote from Eleanor Roosevelt,
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  longest serving First Lady of the United States United Nations
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  delegate and the driving force behind the Universal Declaration
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  of Human Rights. She once said it takes as much
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  energy to wish as it does to plan 10 words, and they expose
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  something most of us do every single day without realizing it.
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  Wishing feels passive, like it costs nothing.
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  We wish things were different. We wish we'd started sooner.
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  We wish the right opportunity would come along.
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  It feels harmless, like idle daydreaming that happens in the
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  background while life carries on.
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  But Roosevelt is pointing out something far more
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  uncomfortable. Wishing is not free.
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  It costs exactly the same mental and emotional energy as
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  planning. It just produces nothing in
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  return. Think about that.
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  Every hour you spend wishing you were in better shape cost the
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  same energy as planning the first workout.
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  Every hour spent wishing your business idea would somehow come
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  together cost the same as mapping out the first 3 steps.
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  Wishing often involves dwelling on unfulfilled desires and
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  imagining a better future without making any progress
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  towards it, which leads to frustration and disappointment.
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  You're spending the currency either way, the question is
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  whether you're getting anything back.
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  Roosevelt herself was a woman who never wished.
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  When she was able to act, she travelled the country surveying
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  conditions, wrote thousands of articles, delivered countless
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  speeches and worked tirelessly to draft the Universal
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  Declaration of Human Rights. She didn't have more energy than
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  everyone else. She simply refused to spend it
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  on wishing. Planning doesn't have to be
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  complicated. It just means taking the same
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  energy you'd pour into a wish and directing it toward a
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  decision. A step, a date on the calendar.
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  Same energy, completely different result.
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  So here's the question. What are you currently wishing
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  for that you could be planning for instead?
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  Because the energy is already there?
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  Because you're already spending it.
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  The only question is whether you're spending it on a wish
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  that goes nowhere or a plan that actually moves you forward.
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  Same energy, your choice what to do with it.
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  That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'm back tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.