What's all this worth?

Everybody's out to achieve something! Or atleast trying to! and ofcourse, it needs to be big!
Hard runners want to prove to world that they are worth something! while long runners want to prove to their near and dear that they can be relied upon.... but wait, stop.... what about those in-between'ers?? those who want to run either hard or long, but not for these reasons... those who want to run, want to compete in life, but for the sake of just proving it to themselves. Ask them, what's all this worth.

Again, 2 kinds of responses... some are determined to fulfill their dreams, their goals.... they'd say, its worth everything. For them, all of this is a need to have! Others, who are doing it for the heck of it, not really pushing hard (who feel these are good to have, not need to have), they back out, side step, avoid confrontation or slow down when their goals appear to bulldoze people and their feelings out of the way. We never realize when we move from one stage to another, yet we move on...

When do we stop to think, wait a minute, what's all this worth? Answer: only when our heads are swimming with confusion, when more than one answer seems to be correct, when procrastination or 'do nothing' seems to be the ideal answer to our thoughts rather than actions. Often, we end up only breathing but not living....

Here are little something that I cling to...
“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”
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“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.”

Question: Until we reach the "how to act" stage, or until you feel that the one idea that you have is "THE IDEA", the question remains...."what's all this worth". I believe when we reach the stage, then and only then will we be truly able to answer this question with true conviction.

(Both of above quotes are of Swami Vivekananda's)