<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignleft" src="https://www.getmotivation.com/images/speakers_images/james-frankton-1.jpg" alt="James Frankton motivational expert" width="120" height="120" />There&#8217;s a popular saying that goes something along the lines of “a rolling stone gathers no moss.” While some have argued that this proverb is about the unwillingness of some to commit long-term to anything, the most popular interpretation is that a person who is active in life does not have the chance to stagnate. Rolling stones extract more out of each precious moment they have on earth.</p>
<p>This fascinating notion can be applied directly to the concept of taking action; people who are already action-takers are more likely to be <a title="4 Strategies for Staying Motivated" href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2016/06/strategies-for-staying-motivated/">motivated</a> and get stuff done. A person who fits the description of a rolling stone doesn&#8217;t stagnate, because their ability to be productive, energetic, and prone to taking action encourages them to attain further heights. <span class="post-teaser-more"><br /><br />&nbsp;=>> <a href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2014/06/action-breeds-motivation-getting-things-done-is-the-key-to-doing-more/" title="Permanent Link: Action Breeds Motivation &#8211; Getting Things Done Is The Key To Doing More" rel="bookmark">Click to read the full article...</a> <i></span></p>{"id":2262,"date":"2014-06-13T17:23:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T22:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2020-12-26T00:13:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T05:13:39","slug":"action-breeds-motivation-getting-things-done-is-the-key-to-doing-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2014\/06\/action-breeds-motivation-getting-things-done-is-the-key-to-doing-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Breeds Motivation &#8211; Getting Things Done Is The Key To Doing More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/images\/speakers_images\/james-frankton-1.jpg\" alt=\"James Frankton motivational expert\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/>There&#8217;s a popular saying that goes something along the lines of \u201ca rolling stone gathers no moss.\u201d While some have argued that this proverb is about the unwillingness of some to commit long-term to anything, the most popular interpretation is that a person who is active in life does not have the chance to stagnate. Rolling stones extract more out of each precious moment they have on earth.<\/p>\n<p>This fascinating notion can be applied directly to the concept of taking action; people who are already action-takers are more likely to be <a title=\"4 Strategies for Staying Motivated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2016\/06\/strategies-for-staying-motivated\/\">motivated<\/a> and get stuff done. A person who fits the description of a rolling stone doesn&#8217;t stagnate, because their ability to be productive, energetic, and prone to taking action encourages them to attain further heights. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\"><br \/><br \/>&nbsp;=>> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2014\/06\/action-breeds-motivation-getting-things-done-is-the-key-to-doing-more\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Action Breeds Motivation &#8211; Getting Things Done Is The Key To Doing More\" rel=\"bookmark\">Click to read the full article...<\/a> <i><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}