Taking Action is Addictive

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You don't need motivational quotes, books, videos or speeches.

There is a reason so many people on here preach over and over again, just do something. One foot in front of the other, step. Rinse, repeat.

Just have to take the first smallest step possible, and keep pushing for the next step.

There is no better feeling than taking repeated action towards your ultimate goal - and thus, one becomes hooked.

But there is a stark contrast between action that counts and action that doesn't - and you subconsciously know this. There is a world of difference in how you feel afterwards at the end of the day when you dedicated the majority of time to your major purpose. Versus doing things that may be good and beneficial, but you know aren't proving worthy to your main goal at this time and moment.

Being that we're all here at The Millionaire Fastlane Forum, and everyone's read the book... everyone should have some idea right now of some action you can take on your main goal.

If you cheat yourself of taking action, you know this, it doesn't feel good, and it sets you back. When you make moves, things figure themselves out, time becomes your ally and molds your plans for you. When you don't, and are stuck on things like over analyzing or procrastination, time works against you.

Its a higher level feeling that you can't obtain from hedonistic pursuits. I started working at 11am and here it is 2am, its not like I have written milestones, but I have mental pictures of what I want to get done and what the next step is, and every time I hit one of those milestones it felt great.

How you feel the next 60 minutes is a reflection of what you've done the last 60 minutes. Do the right thing and ride your good feeling wave of accomplishment into your next milestone completion.

I want to write more but for fear of sounding like a rambling idiot, I'll leave it here. The title was all I wanted to say anyways. Taking action is addictive.

 

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[RazorCut]

When you don't, and are stuck on things like over analyzing or procrastination, time works against you.

Agreed, procrastination is a huge killer of dreams. Breaking through into meaningful action is a fantastic feeling and can be totally addictive.

Being focused on what will take you forward towards your ultimate goal is vital. I have had a conversation with a good friend this week about his new business. It has not moved forward at all as he was waiting for a logo from his business partner so he could put it on their quotes he has prepared and on the new business cards he want's to order. His business partner has the logo but has not had time to convert it to the file format required (let's be kind and say it 5 minute job).

Last time I spoke to him they couldn't move forward as they couldn't find the perfect domain name.

This is sadly the norm for many entrepreneurs. Congratulations on your action taking and avoiding the action faking.

 

[FastNAwesome]

I want to write more but for fear of sounding like a rambling idiot, I'll leave it here. T

Please do write more.

It's a actually quite a deep post, and I read it in one breath.

It's too easy not to do the main thing - especially when you have plenty of other stuff that may seem to move you in the same direction, but are not as challenging.

Preparation is important, of course. But there is a point at which it becomes faking.

E.g. For a singer, of course it's important to learn proper singing technique. But at one point he needs to step up on that stage - and sing, if he wants to move his career further. Or record a song and upload it.

Once he's practiced enough, that needs to become his main thing, and the only thing that will move him forward.

But...that key step is very uncomfortable. What if he gets booed off stage? What if he gets more dislikes than likes on his song? And mean comments?

And that's the TRAP that's so easy to fall into.

He may decide to pass on opportunities to make the next step, and decide to practice some more, to reach perfection (which doesn't exist).

He keeps practicing more, thinking he still goes in the right direction, just in smaller, more comfortable steps.
But he's not...

He thinks the path to his goal is straight.
But it's not...

That path that he walks is called PREPARATION.

And it branches out into many other paths - OPPORTUNITIES.

And he has heard these lead to amazing places, but they look a little scary, and he can't see where they go...

So he decides to stay on this comfortable path until an opportunity path comes that's equally comfortable to thread on.

But it never comes...

Actually there seem to be fewer and fewer paths branching out, and they look way tougher than those he missed.

And then...

As the sun sets and it becomes darker and colder...

He starts getting this unsettling feeling that maybe that maybe this path he's walking might be leading to nowhere.

But...but...that can't be real. It has to go somewhere, right? He remembers clearly that start of the path said "If you wanna be a singer, step onto this path".
Yeah...he didn't take a turn at that "perform at music festival" path. He skipped the "my buddy's a DJ and will play your song" path too.
And no effing way he should've taken that "beg radio stations to play my song" path.

Yet the feeling gets stronger that somehow the path he's on right now is wrong.

He thinks of going back to one of those paths.

But he's too far away now, and it's too dark, and there's no one around.

He sits. And cries.

Nobody hears. Nobody cares.

Failure, embarrassment, dislikes, rejection...which he once feared so much,
now seem so alluring compared to this feeling of emptiness and hopelessness.


PS. and if anyone's gonna take the title of "rambling idiot" in this thread, I guess with will be me

Sorry if this goes off topic. The message is simple - take action, don't fake action.

And if you are faking action, ask yourself why do you do it?

Could it be that you don't really want the thing you declared you want?
Could it be that you fear doing what you need to do and keep yourself busy with silly stuff instead?

And much of it is momentum really, and just breaking through a short fear.

Like when you first do a handstand, and realize you didn't break your head - then it becomes fun and you want to do it more

 

[G2TS-Man]

What an amazing Post man !!!!

ACTION is the Key to everything....
Thanks for all of what you say, it is so true.

 

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