Several weeks ago I passed on something a friend posted:

Ugly action beats unfinished perfection.

Soon after I scheduled that blog, I read the same thing, written in another way by Sahil Bloom and posted on March 25. It was #4 on his Deathbed Regret List.

4. Not having the courage to take the leap. Nobody tells you this: Talent and intelligence are overrated. Intelligent people are more likely to overthink, overplan, and overanalyze. They hide behind motion that doesn’t create progress. They fear the judgment of others if they’re proven wrong. The truth is that talent and intelligence are abundant. Courage is not. The people you admire are the ones who had the courage to act. They aren’t more talented than you. They aren’t smarter than you. They just took action when you didn’t. I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting for permission that never came. Permission isn’t granted. It’s taken. You get to tap yourself in whenever you want. You can just do things. I will give myself permission to do the thing. – Sahil Bloom, March 25, 2026

It’s the same message. And I try to pay attention when I get the same message twice.

I also wrote on March 19 that I was looking for “What’s Next?” When I read Sahil Bloom’s March 25 post, I wrote in my journal:

#4 is on taking action, same message as “Ugly Action.” I wrote on Isaiah 54, what’s next for me? I don’t know yet, but I need to get on it. But I DON’T need to get on it. What I need to do is listen for God to tell me what the “next thing” is.

The next day after I wrote this, I got an invitation from a friend to join him in a $97 seminar in how to write my memoir. I had to make a decision THAT DAY. So I took that as my word from God for the next project. I “took action” and “gave myself permission” and enrolled. I’ve started to compile notes per instructions.

Why a memoir? The friend, a VERY godly man asked the same question. He wrote:

A few years ago, I was impressed to write my memoirs. I was reluctant to follow through for two reasons: writing is hard work, and it seemed egotistical. The impression persisted, so I asked the Lord for a good reason. He persuaded with the following:

“For our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I must soon leave this earthly life, so I will work hard to make sure you always remember these things after I am gone”  2 Peter 1:14-15 (NLT).

“You shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years … (Deut 8:2, ESV).

Psalm 145:4, 12: “One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts…. to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds.”

Psalm 44:1, “O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old …”

Following his lead…and God’s, it seems like a worthy project. You blog readers have the right to challenge me from time to time to stay on task. I’ll keep you posted.