When Hope Becomes Hopeless

Sometime past, I found myself thinking it is enough to hope for things. The popular sayings such as: 'time will tell', 'it shall be well' and 'let's keep hoping' were as true for me as it is with a lot more people. There were times I needed something.

There were times a problem needed a solution. There were times a strained relationship needed fixing. There were times some hard decisions needed to be made for an organization to make its next move.

Yet at these times, I thought hope was enough, at least to the largest extent, to get things done. But I've been disappointed big time.

Then I came to a powerful realisation: HOPE IS HOPELESS WITHOUT A STRATEGY, POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND ACTION.

As someone who spends his life coaching, mentoring, training and speaking to thousands and thousands of people, I know far too many people give too much credit to hope and they become hopeless.

I've seen many people sitting, waiting and hoping things will work well. If you are hopeful and fail to back it with a strategy, a positive attitude and action, you will surely become hopeless.

So, for whatever you are hoping for in this life, year, week or day;

Whatever decisions you need to make but you think with time the decisions will make themselves;

Whatever strained relationship there is to be fixed;

Know this: HOPE IS NOT ENOUGH.
Instead of sitting and hoping things will turn out right, why don't you invest that time in drawing up a strategy (a different one in some cases), develop a positive attitude and put your strategy to work? Aren't you tired of waiting for things to work out and they just refused to do so?

So, anytime you feel hopeless, ask yourself:
 Did I fail to work with a strategy or develop a new one?

 Was my attitude positive enough to get me going?
 Did I really put my strategy into action?
I believe if we all stop hoping hopelessly, the world will turn out better for us all.

Have a great week and remember, HOPE + STRATEGY + ATTITUDE + ACTION = HOPEFUL RESULTS