The item that is listed next for me to complete is creating Pillar Articles. For me to complete this task I need to create post on this blog that I feel gives other people something they can use. I hope this post of taking positive action becomes one of those post….
I dream about having a lifestyle that allows me to spend quality time with my family while allowing me to work on things I deem exciting. Unfortunately all the dreaming in the world is not going to make it become a reality. For my dreams to come true I need to take action. Not any action will do, I need to take positive action.
By positive action I mean doing the actions it takes to reach my goal. In an earlier post I described how I was going to reach $50,000 a year with this site. In this article I used a process of listing the things I need to do to make that goal become a reality. The next step for me was to complete Pillar Articles for my site, yet I have not completed this action.
Now don’t get me wrong I have been working on the site and working on making money but these actions have not gotten me one step closer to my goal. The real next positive action I needed to take was to create these Pillar Articles, yet these are the actions I took instead:
Signed up for The Shoemoney System and proceeded to read and watch the videos available.
Re-read John Chows post about ClickBank then stated looking into how I could use this info to my advantage.
Started researching how to get a new logo for the PaulG2.com blog.
All of these actions will help me sooner or later but the one action that would make a positive impact on my site right now was not completed. I have not been procrastinating when it came to not writing the Pillar Articles, but I have been taking actions that have not been moving me in a positive direction toward my goal.
So how do you make sure you are taking positive action? The first thing you must realize is that
Procrastination does not exist- you are always acting
- Mark Joyner
Once you understand the concept of your always acting you then need to determine if you are taking positive action as opposed to actions that take you away from your goal. To determine what type of action you are taking always ask yourself these two questions:
1. Are the actions I am taking right now in this
moment bringing me closer to or further away
from my desired targets?
2. Are the actions I am taking right now in this
moment increasing or decreasing my power (time, energy, money)?
- Mark Joyner
If you can answer question #1 with a yes while answering question #2 with increasing then you know you are taking positive action. If the action you want to take does not match up with those answers then you know you are not taking positive actions towards your goals but are just taking action.
So get with the program and if you want to make sure you are achieving the goals you set for yourself make sure you are taking positive action. Ask yourself those two questions when deciding on your next task to complete. Stop whining and blaming others and start taking positive action today to reach your goals.
