Steve BackleyIt is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it.
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It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it. The quote, “It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it” conveys that knowing what should be done and doing it are not the same thing. Sometimes we know what we should do and we don’t do it because we’re afraid of failure. We may even be afraid of success because we know we’ll have to deal with the consequences later on.
Both failure and success can come as a surprise. Perhaps we don’t understand the consequences of our actions or maybe we believe that the consequences will be too great for us to handle.
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