Do It Now - the Action Habit

Hi Friends -

"Do It Now" is the perfect stimulator to most of us who find it extremely difficult to trim our to-do list. Here let us explore for few basic obstacles to taking action.

(1) Analysis - Paralysis Cycle

If you look at the automobile industry, you could see years of planning, analysing and research before a new model hits the market. And remember satellites and military equipments. They are tested, re-tested for quality and precision. No one wants an aeroplane that will land 99 times successful and crash once. Perfection and analysis are most important ingredients in the success of the scientific, aerodynamic and military. But does our daily activities really need this kind of perfection. Definitely NOT. All its needs it "Act Now".

Remember Microsoft products. We can rarely see a non-microsoft product. If Bill Gates were to wait till he resolved all the bugs in it, he would have never lauched it on time to capture the huge market. Even i-phones don't have everything to please every user.

So remember, even days and days of research is not required for us to do most of our activities. Don't fall for the pitfall of analysing, analysing and still analysing ... Come out of it and take action that materialises your goal.

(2) Waiting for a Sign

You can't wait for a sign of success to launch your dreams. You may not believe this. There are many of us out there who may initially resist, but eventually give-in to the marketing techniques of those "luck bringing products". From the diamonds, laughing buddha and precious stones ... we all grave for some kind of external stimulus to come up in life. Dont wait for an external stimuli, just act on your guts and feelings.

(3) Fire - Adjust - Fire

This is an age of wars. Flashing news scrolls details attacks here and there. If every bullet fired so far in world history where to find its target, we wont have anyone left. When you act towards your goal, you may miss. Find out its missing link, aim again ... adjust everytime and you will definitely reach.

(4) Idea never materialises itself

The latest buzz word has been "law of attraction" and placebo effect. According to law of attraction, We eventually get what we visualise most of the time. If you visualise your dream home, you will eventually attract it in your life. But neither meditation and visualisation can make your dreams come true. They can merely make you stay tuned to your goals. Unless you take some action, you can't see your idea or goal materialise. In a materialistic world, you have to act to create something.

(5) Unless you take first step, you will never know

Unless you take you first step, you wont even know what obstacles you will face. When I thought of writing articles, I always was in the impression that "only creating the write contents" is the difficult stuff. But as i started writing, ideas flew one after another. I had more topics I couldn't find time to write them all. But I realised after that first step, that getting the articles to readers is the difficult task. I use onlywire, articlepostrobot and so forth and working more on it. After all what good can an article do, if it can't reach any readers. Take the first step, then you will find what you believed as the toughest will smoothly melt before you and show you the real difficulties.

With luv,
Ashok.