Healthy and nutritious, a perfect decision for your goals. Want to eat better and shed a few pounds? Great- for lunch you have steamed halibut and broccoli. However, if you never return, will anything really change? Not a damn thing except for that moment of “feel good” which is now, long gone. You see, going to the gym constitutes “taking action”. See all those people? They’re committed to the idea of change (which are just fleeting thoughts) but not committed to the process (which is the focused action). You’re committed to the idea of change, but not committed to the process of change. It’s a temporary exercise orchestrated to fool yourself into thinking that you are doing something, when in actuality, you’re just painting lipstick on the pig. Unfortunately, most people leverage “taking action” into some sort of mental masturbation trick designed to give us a fleeting "feel good" moment. Short-cuts are short for a reason- they don’t last. The change isn’t fleeting or short-lived, but permanent. The result is a lifestyle which ultimately creates the change you want. It actually becomes woven into your existence. Once a process is established it then becomes a habit, which then integrates the process into your mind as automatic, instinctual, and almost subconscious. A process is “taking action X 1000" and making adjustments along the way.
What’s a process? A process is a systematized series of focused actions. “Taking action” is merely a micro-task to a process, and a process is what precedes real change. While action is important, action isn’t what creates change. We say it a lot around here: Take action! Take action! So lets start with the old guru mantra “ take action!” You’ve got the wrong forum, the wrong article, and the wrong author. If you’re still trolling the internet looking for this stuff, move along. There are NO silver bullets, NO magic pills, and NO secret sauces.
Let’s first get the uncomfortable shit out of the way.Īnything worthwhile in life will require a worthwhile effort. #1: Accept Reality: There Are No Shortcuts. In fact, “taking action” is right behind “do what you love” as one of the biggest guru hoaxes ever perpetrated on the self-improvement industry. Taking action, by itself, is just an event that produces little, if any results.