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.

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Maybe it’s one of these simple reasons:

• 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.
• Overwhelm - You just don’t see how you can handle committing the time and resources to tackling it.

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.

(And comment on your decision below for extra line-in-the-sand goodness.)

Why You Should Always, Always Keep Planting Seeds

Got a call yesterday from a (long ago) coaching client with a major product coming out in October. Turns out word’s been getting around about the behind-the-scenes project management support I’ve been doing for online marketers and I’m being tapped to help make sure this launch goes as smoothly as possible.

I’m telling you this because of the reason it happened … I worked with someone once, a good while back, and ever since then I’ve been touching base with him every few months and finding out how he’s doing. This has kept me fresh in his mind – so when this larger project (10x the project I helped him with in the past) came up, I was at the top of his list. And because of that, I’m getting connected to marketers well above my current ‘league.’

If you’re running your own business, keep touching base with former customers. Ask them if they have questions, other needs, or just need a minute of free advice. Your reputation will grow, and over time it will come back to reward you.

Plant as many seeds as you can, every day, and be patient for them to grow.

Keep rocking -

Dave