I invite you to ask yourself the following question: Am I action oriented or results oriented? What did you come up with. I will fill in this portion of the post with some virtual elevator music while you come up with your answer........................................................................................................................................................
lee lee la la - awful music.... lee lee la la ......................... have you come up with your answer yet? Please say yes because I can't take this musical interlude much longer.
I know for me - I would have automatically said - RESULTS ORIENTED!!! I'M A COACH FOR GOODNESS SAKE. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE - LET THAT BE MY MOTIVATOR!!!!
But check this out - Action oriented steps are pretty amazing. Our finite minds come up with goals we want to accomplish - but the reality is - there are ENDLESS opportunities, experiences, beginnings, learnings, people, places and things that we don't even know exist. If we set a goal that only leads to what we know, we are shutting out all the abundance that is readily available to us. For example - you are a writer and you want to write THE movie to end all movies. Your RESULT ORIENTED action is writing the best screenplay there is - seeing yourself selling it to a major studio - having big stars in it or discovering some amazing newcomers. And then.... The premier! The red carpet!!!!! The Oscar goes to.....
However - let's say you are a writer and you are about to embark upon your screenplay. You take the action oriented steps. What about the research that goes into your screenplay? You go to let's say - New Orleans and meet some amazing people who have overcome some pretty challenging times. You get to eat some amazing food and listen to some of the best music there is. Let's say you get to know a specific family that changes a perspective of yours for the rest of your life - and perhaps the story line of your screenplay you were so dead set on. Maybe even meet the partner of your dreams on this trip. This family or new partner in your life then connect you to another family that you would have never have come into contact with if you weren't OPEN to the possibilities.
I am not saying to not keep your eye on the prize. It is imperative to have a vision and a motivating source. However... Keeping your eye only on the end result can cause overwhelm and then you risk shutting down. By being ACTION oriented - it allows you to be present - to enjoy the opportunities that you don't even know will occur. You can be taken in directions that you could never have dreamed up. I have found that when I am in the action - what the universe presents to me is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than what my finite brain came up with in the first place.
So to recap... Taking the next right action will then lead you to the next right action and so on. Before you know it all those action steps will lead you to an end result that will blow your mind.
Dream the vision and take the Action!!!!
