“You Can’t Talk Your Way Out Of Things You Act Your Way Into.” – Stephen Covey
I first came across this quote when I was working as an asst. animator at a company making
educational software for children. The Art Director and the Producer of the product had
dug themselves big holes by their behavior and were trying to talk, instead of act, their way out of it.
It was perfect timing to find the quote. But as with all perfect things directed at others I soon
found it was just as applicable to me, not at work, but in my personal life.
I think many men, maybe women too, but I see it more often in men, believe the words they
speak, the ones that exhalt the moral, the good, the noble. But that man isn’t nearly as adamant
when the situation arises where he has act in those same ways instead of immorally or unethically.
It’s as if he thinks the words are what count, that he is his words, not his actions.
Truth be told, words do count. But they don’t count if the man can’t back them up with actions.
I know that has been a struggle of mine over the years, and I also know how good it feels to
have my words and my actions in harmony with each other. I don’t do all that well with it, but
the repeated attention to it has brought me closer, and that is how anything is achieved.
Speaking of words, here are the most amazing city names from which the Napkin Dad Daily has had
visitors this past week.
- Peteling Jaya
- Blacklick
- Chicoutimi
- Sint-Josse-Ten-Noode
- Cluj-Napoca
- Malmo
- Providencia
- La Jolla (my birthplace!)
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