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What does it mean?
Active participation is required to create change; observers or judges do not drive results.
In plain terms
You need to take action to make a difference.
What can you take from it?
Participation drives real outcomes.

Where it applies

  • community projects
  • workplace initiatives
  • social causes

Putting it to work

  • join a team
  • volunteer
  • lead a project

Questions to consider

  • When have you seen action change an outcome?
  • What stops you from getting involved?

Another view

Sometimes observation is necessary before acting.

More from Napoleon Hill

  1. You give before you get.

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  2. Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

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  3. Who said it could not be done? And tell me what great victories does he have to his credit which qualifies him to judge what can and can't be accomplished.

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