We need to plant our seeds and then get on with the rest of the plan. Teleological attainment, goal achievement, is always the culmination of a process of dynamic action, a process that requires planning and creating and continued hard work all along the way, in support of a vision. Having a stability of objective is important. So is planning consistently in support of that objective. There are no short cuts to the greatest forms of success.
Worthy goals take very hard work.
But this of course doesn't mean that our lives should be overflowing with non-stop exertion and frantic busyness every hour of every day. Eyes on the prize. From biblical pronouncements to the patter of the streets, we have this advice ensconced in our cultural wisdom. A clear conception of what is important and what we want will help us to focus on what is necessary and what is not. And once we have determined a plan to get us from where we are to where we want to be, we must not hesitate to take action now.