Hope is not a strategy.
- “Hopefully, I’ll wake up on time.”
- “Hopefully, I won’t get too busy.”
- “Hopefully, I’ll do better tomorrow.”
Strategy is action-oriented.
- “Here’s how I’m going to wake up on time.”
- “Here’s how I’ll manage my tasks.”
- “Here’s how I’ll do better.”
Hoping for change is about as helpful as praying for luck—it isn’t strategy, it’s lazy.
Even if change did happen luckily, wouldn’t you prefer to be the cause of change in your life? Rather than supernatural forces and serendipity doing the work for you?
The most successful among us don’t rely on hope or luck, they act. Will you?