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Sunday, July 26, 2009

 

3 Reasons You Don’t Take Action (And the Quick Fix)

Question for you … what’s one thing you’re not taking action on that’s bugging you? If you don’t find out why, you’ll never turn it around.

Stop (really, do this) – Stop and take a moment and think about it before reading any further.





Maybe it’s one of these simple reasons:

* Overwhelm - You just don’t see how you can handle committing the time and resources to tackling it.
* Fear - Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of work, fear of “the spotlight” … all these are tensions based on “what if” scenarios.
* Apathy - You simply don’t care enough to do anything about it. Go ahead, keep shrugging those shoulders.


Maybe it’s one of these reasons … or maybe it’s something else. I don’t know what your particular deal is … but I can tell you why it’s an obstacle you haven’t overcome:

You haven’t decided to do it.

Decision Is Everything, Baby
The fact is, you can say that you “want” something all day long … but if you’re not taking action, you don’t really want it. You just like the idea of it.

When you want something, I mean, really want it, you do whatever it takes to schedule it in, to make arrangements, to make it happen.

So if you’re not taking action, you need to make a decision. Not later, not tomorrow, now. You want to get in shape? Get up and go for a walk, right now, and bring your calendar. Schedule in some workouts while you’re walking.

You want to start a business? Take some level of action immediately, and schedule in the time to work on it this month.

Want = opinion/desire that will likely never be acted upon.

Decision = Scheduled commitment.

Schedule something today >:^)

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