Discover How To Take Effective Action

Some of us are born doers. Some of us are born thinkers. Some spend so much time thinking they never get anything done. There are many ways to become a person of action. The most important thing is to be sure the action you take is effective for the results you want. There is no use in being busy just for the sake of being busy.

Anyone whose actions are highly effective tends to be well organized. Knowing exactly how to work so that one completed project seamlessly provides the foundation of the next is a real talent. Those without it can flounder in a world of disorganization. Time is wasted by shuffling paperwork from one to another location without anything actually being achieved. This can be tiresome and frustrating, leaving a disorganized person exhausted at the end of a busy, but non-productive day. In contrast, the people who take effective action – the doers of the world - typically have more energy despite having accomplished so much more - because they thrive on taking action.

If you sometimes feel you are floundering and at the end of the day can't understand why nothing much has been accomplished, despite all your efforts, you must make the effort to become better organized.

Organization is an essential key to success. Whether it's for your home or business, make a to-do list and prioritize it. Put the most important jobs at the top and do these first. Each time you complete a goal or project, place a tick alongside it on the list and allow yourself a moment to feel the satisfaction you deserve. But don't be tempted to check it off until it's completely finished!

When your entire day's list has been finished, you might think about rewarding yourself. But you may find you're so fired up with enthusiasm you just want to make a start on the next day's list of jobs. It's great to feel "up to date" with all your projects and you can then luxuriate in the feeling and take it easy - or just carry on with the things you hadn't even hoped to get around to today. But I do recommend finding some way to celebrate your victories. This gives you something to look forward to, if you've planned it in advance. It may also give you incentive to accomplish more the next time you write out a day's "to-do" list.

One thing to be wary of is wasting time making too many lists. Perhaps not everything that you think you ought to do really needs to be done at all? Visualizing what it is you want to accomplish, and where each little task on your list fits in, is a very useful exercise.

One way is simply to sit quietly, clear your mind of all other things and concentrate on the goal at hand. See yourself having completed the project. In as much vivid detail as you can muster, imagine what this completed goal is like. This will help in several ways. It should enthuse you to get the project done. (If it doesn't, then at least you might be able to look forward to the sense of relief once it's finished.) It should also help you work out which particular tasks in the project were essential, and whether some might be omitted. Spend some time imagining yourself doing each and every step required to complete the project.

This fantasizing will help you focus your mind on one central thought. Your subconscious mind will be called into action to help you. You'll find ideas of how to do things most simply or efficiently simply pop into your head (particularly if you allow yourself to sleep on a really difficult problem). Your subconscious will piece things together for you and provide the necessary energy - you will feel yourself almost being pushed into action.

As you feel this energy build, you will feel ready and able to tackle the job at hand. So take action! This might be just a small part of your overall project but let yourself be compelled into action. This energy and enthusiasm will soon dissipate, so do as much as you can before you either become distracted, or the feeling passes.

You've allowed your subconscious to work for you countless times in the past. Whenever you've had a problem during the day and been unable to find a solution, then woken up the next day with a plan of action already formed - that's your subconscious in action. Perhaps you sometimes just need to give it a little nudge. Clear your mind, sit quietly and concentrate on the problem. Then, if nothing has occurred to you after a few minutes, just carry on with things you can make progress with right now.

What you're quite likely to find is that after you've had the chance to sleep on it, then seemingly out of nowhere the answer becomes clear. So now you must take action, or at least write down the solution you've just seen in your mind's eye. Your subconscious mind is unimaginably powerful, as Orison Swett Marden said "Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action."

Apart from accomplishing more, you'll find that becoming a person who plans what they need to do, then takes action, will improve your feelings of happiness. That's no small claim!

Maintain that positive outlook and associate with other happy people. Your energy will help them and you'll feel more energetic and enthusiastic because of them. You'll soon find that the more you get done, the more capable you feel to take on bigger and bigger challenges.

So have a think about what you need to get done, plan the best way to do it - and get busy!

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