Ideas Are Nothing Without Action

in Town Square • 2 days ago

You spend hours every day on news and social media, reading articles and watching or listening to podcasts to stay informed, but still, when a challenge arises, you freeze and your thoughts begin to scatter, as if all that information you've been consuming had disappeared by magic.

Pasas horas todos los días entre noticias y redes sociales, leyendo artículos y viendo o escuchando podcasts para mantenerte informado, pero aun así, cuando surge un reto, te paralizas y tus pensamientos empiezan a dispersarse, como si toda esa información que has estado consumiendo hubiera desaparecido por arte de magia.

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Here is the thing, being informed is not the same as being wise or having understanding. When we consume without practice, we become passive, and passivity leaves us open to shallow trends and comfortable half-truths.

Aquí está el detalle, estar informado no es lo mismo que ser sabio o tener entendimiento. Cuando consumimos sin practicar, nos volvemos pasivos, y la pasividad nos deja a merced de modas superficiales y de medias verdades cómodas.

I see it in myself as much as in the people I've coached over the years. We're consuming without critical thinking. As a consequence, when we don't take an action step, we're scrolling past a thousand ideas every day that could change our lives for the better.

Lo veo en mí tanto como en las personas que he acompañado como coach a lo largo de los años. Consumimos sin pensamiento crítico. Como consecuencia, cuando no damos un paso de acción, dejamos pasar cada día mil ideas que podrían cambiarnos la vida para bien.

So here is my question for you today, how many ideas did you scroll past today without taking one single small action step?

Así que hoy te dejo esta pregunta, ¿cuántas ideas dejaste pasar hoy en tu pantalla sin dar ni un solo pasito de acción?


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This is similar to one of our contest questions on motivation and consistency, where I explained that irrespective of the level of motivation we get from people around us, without a positive step to initiate consistent actions, that will bring those motivations to reality. It might be a wasted effort.
Now, coming to this write-up, I agree with you. We need serious inner strength to overcome fear of the unknown and being too comfortable in our comfort zone.
These are two things I found out do hold humans hostage from breaking forth with their good ideas, including meooo. Sometimes I struggle with these two things, but most times, once I win them in any situation before me, boom, I cross over.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts, @cagolistic. I'd gently add one thing, I don't think we should depend on motivation very much, because it rises and falls with our mood and/or our circumstances. What the science of human behavior shows, and what I've in my coaching career, is that small behaviors help us to stay consistent, and consistency is what takes us far.

I also appreciate your honesty about fear of the unknown and the pull of the comfort zone, we all wrestle with those two, me included. And a tiny first step is often the easiest way to win that inner battle you described, then you cross over, one small step at a time.

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Oh thank you for that insightful feedback. I could not but agree the more. Thank you also for always sharing intriguing topics here. I appreciate them.
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