Easier said than done

Have you ever noticed that we are bombarded with many free (and some of them paid) advices that usually easier said than done. Look around us, the billboards, news papers, leaflets, shops, bus stops, radio, tv, magazines, friends... it's practically everywhere!

When I was in primary school, someone told me to read dictionary book and learn a word a day, and by year end I would have learned 365 new words. I thought it was a damn good idea. However, easier said than done, being a real rascal who couldn't care less of the homework, that damn good idea just swiftly flew past me. Come'on, you expect a rascal to read after school ? My normal SOP was, once I hit home, I'd to throw my bag aside, quickly swallowed my lunch, change my uniform (without bath) and whoossh...off I go to my rascal buddies to play "guli", "flying slippers", football, hide and seek, wondering in Sg Wang or shops at Petaling Street, etc until evening. It's much more fun with my rascal friends than to sit for 3 mins a day to read that damn good idea dictionary book! Me, a rascal, reading??? Easier said than done!

I always believed that leaving a healthy lifestyle is important. I would want to consistently jog a couple of miles in a week, do 10-20 laps of swimming, eat healthy organic food, drink lots of water (less beer or single malt), do yoga and stuffs. mmm... ya right... easier said than done. It's so much easier to lay on the bed for another 5 mins, "channel surfing" on my soft and comfortable sofa, reach for the chocolates or a can of 100+ from the fridge and having a good time with friends-in-crime in the pub drinking god knows what after a few rounds. With plenty of temptation from the fast food, mamaks, bak kut teh, nasi lemak stalls, "coffee" shops, pubs, "char siew kai" rice, PS 2, great movies coupled with the bad weather excuses... man... it is easier to do the opposite that to stay on the right track! Don't get me wrong, I do exercise, eat healthy food and try to do the healthy stuffs as much as I can but doing it consistently ? Well, it is easier said than done.

There so much free advices around and one such interesting topic is baby sex. I often get questions like how many kids I have, boy or girl, and then, wham.... here comes the "free advice" ..."Why don't you try for another boy? Very easy one, there is this formula where both male and female eat the recommended type of food, you need to know which type of food are acidic and alkaline based". Male should take more acidic food and female should take more alkaline food (or something like that). Sure work one". Then another person would come up with another proven "ancient calendar" where it supposedly guides you to have "ding dong" base on the menstrual cycle and was told that it is very accurate. mmm...easier said than done! And, the highlights is when they would say "Aiya, never mind one, if it's not accurate ah, then you have 3 girls. The more the merrier mah." Hell no, axxholes! I love kids but there are so much responsibilities that one has to consider to have another baby.

There is so much easier said that done advices and recommendations. Of course, I do agree that we occasionally achieved what we set out to do (with or without the advices) but the challenge is to be able to consistently do all the things/goals we set out to do! Look at all the slimming centers mushrooming around us. These centers would probably advise you to do exercise, eat right, sleep early, go to their center for 10 slim wraps sessions, etc. I'm sure there are some successful customers but more often than not, the few kgs lost will be "unknowingly" gain back in no time!

Oh, this also applies to business as well. I'm a strong believer of Network Marketing/MLM/Direct Selling/Ponsi or whatever you want to call them. It is a wonderful and powerful business concept. Minimal capital, residual income with potential to achieve financial freedom, be your own boss, work at your own pace, etc. All you got to do is to follow the proven methodology i.e. share the greatness of the product/company/business opportunity to people you know and convince them to attend the business meetings. Bring at least 5 friends and in turn encourage that 5 friends to bring another 5 of their friends and so on. It is so easy...my foot! Being a so called pro sales person with so many good contacts, it should be a stroll for me. Darn wrong! It is a classic example of easier said that done!

There are so many advices that I think is easy to do and potentially achievable but it takes a huge will, support system and strong motivation to follow through the plan.

Easier said than done, man!