Why you must stop reading too much & start taking action?
07/21/20 • 20 min
Today in this episode I want to talk to you about why taking action is imperative to have success,
Just think about this, If you’ve ever learnt how to drive a car, cook your favorite meal, or learnt another language; then you know that achieving success requires that you go beyond simply reading. It’s easy enough to read through a bunch of self-help books, guidance notes and success techniques, but the fact is that all the resources in the world can only get you so far.
What good does it do you to simply know of an effective technique if you never try it out?!
Why you must stop reading and start taking action now
Reading is a great first step to making the necessary changes in your life, however, the changes can only be made once you actually take action. If you keep reading and reading and you don’t do anything with what you are learning, it’s a form of procrastination and success and procrastinating aren’t friends.
Success is like a catching an air from under water submerged. After a deep diving without oxygen, you have to get up under water as fast as you could to catch air. That's how we badly needed success. We will do anything as we could to catch an air from deep diving submerged.
What are the reason behind all the things that you are doing right now? Are there anything good that will lead you to become successful someday? There are people who are satisfied with their life despite of difficulties, despite of poverty and problem. But we cant deny the fact, that these people are also dreaming for something that they want to happen in their life.
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
Hope you will take action in order to achieve success!!
Today in this episode I want to talk to you about why taking action is imperative to have success,
Just think about this, If you’ve ever learnt how to drive a car, cook your favorite meal, or learnt another language; then you know that achieving success requires that you go beyond simply reading. It’s easy enough to read through a bunch of self-help books, guidance notes and success techniques, but the fact is that all the resources in the world can only get you so far.
What good does it do you to simply know of an effective technique if you never try it out?!
Why you must stop reading and start taking action now
Reading is a great first step to making the necessary changes in your life, however, the changes can only be made once you actually take action. If you keep reading and reading and you don’t do anything with what you are learning, it’s a form of procrastination and success and procrastinating aren’t friends.
Success is like a catching an air from under water submerged. After a deep diving without oxygen, you have to get up under water as fast as you could to catch air. That's how we badly needed success. We will do anything as we could to catch an air from deep diving submerged.
What are the reason behind all the things that you are doing right now? Are there anything good that will lead you to become successful someday? There are people who are satisfied with their life despite of difficulties, despite of poverty and problem. But we cant deny the fact, that these people are also dreaming for something that they want to happen in their life.
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
Hope you will take action in order to achieve success!!
Previous Episode
7 Goal Setting Secrets that will make you successful.
Do you find SMART goals overwhelming? Do you dread the process of goal-setting?
You’re not alone.
We all know goal setting is not as easy as writing or visualizing what you want and attracting it in your life. Yet, most of us don’t take goal-setting seriously.
Today, let me make it easy and simple for you to set goals and create a roadmap to success on your own. This roadmap process works for any goal – including health, fitness, finance, business, relationship, learning and other personal development goals.
But Here’s the problem: success can easily become a dirty comparison game. When you aim for success without a roadmap, you never make enough progress and it becomes a chronic source of overwhelming stress.
Success can be fun when you define it and achieve it on your own terms.
That’s why creating a success roadmap will not only help you get clear, but it will also show you how far you have come. That way, you’ll be inspired to progress and still be grateful for your growth.
Here are a few productivity systems you can try:
a) Weekly/daily goals system by Scott H Young: A simple system of creating weekly and daily to-do lists.
b) Fixed-Schedule productivity by Cal Newport: Limiting the number of hours you work (Parkinson’s law – “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”).
c) The Ivy Lee Method: A way to focus on the most important task one at a time.
d) The Getting Things Done Method by David Allen: A full-blown system for organizing your life.
e) The Zen To Done Method by Leo Babauta: A simpler system than GTD.
f) The Bullet Journal by Ryder Carroll: Journal your way to productivity (or BuJoPro method by Cal Newport).
g) Personal Kanban: Organize the flow of work from start to finish.
h) The Action Method by Scott Belsky: Another productivity system for creatives to get things done.
i) MoSCoW Method: Tasks organized into Must, Should, Could and Won’t.
j) The Eisenhower Matrix: A matrix to organize your tasks.
k) Agile Results: A system focused to get you results.
l) ABCDE Method by Brian Tracy: A way of defining tasks and doing the most important task first.
m) Personal Productivity System: Your own unique productivity system. You’re the boss so experiment and find out how you work best.
Hope you got clear vision of goal setting & take action to create a dream life you want. Have a great week.
Cheers xoxo
Next Episode
How To Optimise Your Life And Work With The Dosage Principle
You've probably heard of the habits of successful people.
But let's be honest here...
...we're not perfect. We fall short. We feel unmotivated. Things come up.
It happens to all of us but no one ever talks about it.
So today, I want to address it and discuss a solution to it.
I could list all the habits of successful people and all the things you should stop doing but it wouldn’t matter.
Why?
Because there are already thousands of articles on that and I’m sure you already know the difference between “good” and “bad” habits.
When people tell you what you should do but you still don’t do it, it hurts your feelings because it comes down to your self-image.
You think to yourself...
Am I not motivated enough?
Or am I a type of person who makes excuses?
From there, it’s easy to fall into a downward spiral of negative thoughts and bad behavior.
I know it sucks but I understand.
As someone who writes a lot about of behaviour, motivation, and habits; it’s hard for me to not just throw advice at people.
Final Words
You don’t have to be perfect.
You can stop the feelings of shame, guilt or regret.
By using the dosage principle, you can define your own rules without anyone else telling you what you should or should not do.
Take ownership of your imperfect self by using the dosage principle.
Know yourself, choose your dose and live smarter.
Success is a result of daily actions...
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