Walk the walk

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Phrase: Walk the walk

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Today’s phrase, walk the walk, is often used in tandem with yesterday’s phrase, talk the talk.

If you haven’t covered that one yet, I suggest you go back and read that one first.

OK, on with today’s post.

A lot of people are very good talkers, but that’s all they can do – talk.

They never walk the walk.

When you walk the walk, you can back up your words with actions.

You say you’re going to do something, or you can do something, then you do it.

That’s what it means to walk the walk.

Now, let’s go back to those ‘good talkers,’ shall we?

They seem to know exactly what they would have done in a certain situation if only they had been there.

We call those kinds of people who can’t walk the walk armchair quarterbacks.

Then there are the people who are great at giving advice about what you should do, but they never seem to be able to follow their own direction.

I have vague memories from my childhood of my father rolling cigarettes by the hundreds at the kitchen table while telling me not to smoke.

So much for leading by example, huh?

I have never smoked.

I do drink, though.

There’s a difference between watching your money go up in smoke instead of down the drain. Ha, ha!

Anyway, it is essential to support what you say with actions.

For example, if you don’t like your government, vote against them in elections.

If you’re going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk.

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