To act or not to act

In hamlet's soliloquy (To be, or not to be) he informs the audience of his thoughts as he wonders if he should continue to exist or not to exist. This work of literature has withstood the test of time. Most  of the population has at the very least heard of the existence of this speech. The speech I mentioned in my Dear Steve post is very similar to this speech. However Steve is directly encouraging others to love what they do, Hamlet is speaking to himself upon a stage not directly speaking to anyone but himself. Both speeches are about decisions, a decision to act, or a decision not to act.