Why being in motion is not the same as actually accomplishing something?

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Why being in motion is not the same as actually accomplishing something?

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WHY BEING IN MOTION IS NOT THE SAME AS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING?

Jul
9
2019
Peter Answers

Most of us want to accomplish something. But we never really get around to finishing it. Why? Procrastination!

Consider the person we all know (maybe you!): We have been (for years?) planning to start a business. Planning is doing something. It’s action. But is it going to lead to the result we want? We can tell others about our dreams. As long as we’re just talking, thinking & planning we never risk failure.

Consider the person who has been telling us about writing their book for years. The movement of telling others, outlining, thinking & editing and refining serves a purpose, but when that purpose becomes an endless circle they will never get the desired result– a finished book.

Finally, consider a person that wants to get a big promotion at his company job. . They always strive to look busy. They’re busy but never get the result they want. It takes more than mere movement to get a desired result.

Movement keeps us busy with an illusion of progress. However, action for the sake of action gets us exactly nowhere.

It’s too easy to to do “something,” anything that keeps us from finishing the main task—from accomplishing the objective. We usually feel that motion is better than inaction. The choice, however, isn’t between action and inaction.

Movement offers shelter from failure. When you’re in motion, you feel like you’re doing something. We convince ourselves that as long as we’re in motion, we can’t fail. As long as we’re doing something, anything, failure can’t really find us.

Discussing our ideas, planning & dreams will (we hope) give us the admiration and support of others. In a world that values any action or movement and short sound bites, thoughts like this { motion is not the same as actually accomplishing something} are hardly heard and understood.

Telling people that you’re doing nothing might result in disapproving looks. It is far easier to tell others that we’re doing something than doing nothing.

Motion is easy. Getting results are harder.

Of my 6 + million readers who want to get rich, under 1% will take the needed action to join the 1%. Why? Reading. Learning & preparations are necessary but they are never sufficient for achieving results. The actions the vast majority of people take are often just tangential to what they really want to accomplish. We read a diet book instead of dieting. We take seminar after seminar on marketing instead of starting an online or other business. We confuse thinking, talking & endless preparation with the means instead of the end.

Are you just wasting your time?

You wouldn’t be reading this right now if the people who made your I-phone or PC did nothing more than think and plan without taking concrete action –building a physical prototype.

Doing “something” isn’t the same as getting results. The problem is that too often we convince ourselves that our only options are to do something to procrastinate or do nothing.

We forget the third option: . Instead of wasting time, take direct ACTION. Want to bake an apple pie? Nothing wrong with watching a You-Tube presentation on how to do it, but don’t prepare, discuss & think for more than say one hour.

Put the flour, eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix. Add sliced apples. Bake. You will end up with an apple pie today – not just the apple pie you tell your friends you are planning to make.

The next time you feel the urge to put off what really needs to be done, don’t do just anything for the sake of doing something. Ask yourself : What is the final result I want? Then be sure you are making the dough, not just thinking about it.

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By P.T.
July 9, 2019

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