Are you taking the right actions?

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In the last few posts I’ve written about setting and achieving goals.  This time we are going to dive a deeper into what it takes to make your goal a reality.  

Nothing becomes reality without action.  But, not just any ol’ action will do.

For example, a friend of mine has gotten into Stand-Up Paddleboarding.  Have you seen this or tried it? It looks much easier than it actually is!  

Let’s say I wanted to learn to paddleboard as well as she does.  There are a lot of things I could do. I could read about it, watch videos, talk to people who are good at it.  I could also take lessons and I could practice.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution for how to become a proficient paddleboarder.  But I am pretty confident in saying that no one has accomplished this without actually getting on a paddleboard and falling off – a lot.  

As you have read through my work you know that I teach thoughts create feelings.  The next important, critical piece to understand is that our feelings drive our actions.  Feelings and emotions are not something commonly discussed or examined in many environments – the business world included.   I find this unfortunate because they are the thing behind everything we (and our employees) do – or don’t do.

When I tried paddle boarding I fell – hard.  In order to get back up and try again, I have to have an emotion that would drive me to take that action.  Determination perhaps. If I felt discouraged or hopeless I am not likely to get back up and try again.

In order to feel determination, I have to think thoughts that create it.  

The same is true for you and your 2019 goals.  

Once you think intentionally about your goal and generate purposeful emotion you will find yourself taking the right kind of actions that support it.  

Not all of the actions you take towards your goals will get you there.  We have to have a commitment to keep taking action until we reach the desired outcome – my coach calls this Massive Action.  

Massive Action is different from the intellectual action we often take by reading a book, taking a class or watching a video.  Sure those things are actions, and they are not all bad. But really they’re Passive Action. It’s just gathering ideas about the Massive Action you could take one day (if you felt like it).                 

Want to explore how to make Massive Action a part of your plans to make your 2019 goals a reality?  Click here to schedule a free 30-minute coaching session with me.