There’s one curious thing: If somebody says, “I want to learn Spanish,” “become a musician,” or “found a big company,” they are actually doing nothing to make it real. Rare single visits to language school, friendly evening talks, and impulsive discussions of ideas that were born 15 minutes ago don’t count. They’re imitations of action, but not the actions themselves.
What’s even worse, if a person says, “I want to …” they’re subconsciously waiting for someone to come and give them that thing on a silver platter, successfully continuing to do nothing. Otherwise, why say this at all? Just go and do. Stay silent.
The third scenario is the worst. If a person says, “I want to …” it only means that they don’t want to do that at all. If you wanted something, you would actually do it and have a totally different agenda to discuss—something more concrete and related not to wishes but to results.
Do you remember what you referred to as “I want”? Well, you now have two options. You can either stop wanting or start doing something to make it real.
