I happened to look over this morning and see the back of a book on my desk.
The book is “Life Strategies” by Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil) and the line on the back of the book that caught my eye was: Life Rewards Action.
This is pertinent to my at this moment because yesterday I noticed something. I noticed I was starting to get lots of emails in my inbox inquiring about the speaking side of my business which I am now fully rolling out.
This was significant because quite some time ago, when I was just starting up my business I wrote out some “visions” for how I wanted my business to look and one of those was: I want an inbox full of emails inquiring about my business.
What does this have to do with life rewarding action you say?
Well, the only reason my inbox is starting to get full is because a few weeks ago I started calling places and sending out a lot of emails about my business.
I’m getting emails in my inbox because I sent out a whole whack load of feelers to see who might be interested in my business.
I am being “rewarded” with emails because I took action and sent out all those emails.
Oddly enough, before yesterday it had never occurred to me that the way to get lots of emails in my inbox was to send out a ton of emails.
I’ve always known that action is an essential part of getting anywhere in life, but this particular example really hit home to me.
If you want X and you’re currently at Y then the only way to get to X is to take a step in that direction and keep taking steps until you get there.
It’s so simple, I know, and yet so many of us (apparently including me every now and then) overlook this simple law of life, probably because it is so simple.
The Secret and the law of attraction is great, but I’ve always felt it fell just a little short. ‘ Want something and you’ll get it’ doesn’t quite work in my mind. ‘Want something and go after it and you’ll get it’ makes more sense to me.
So here is my reminder to you to keep this simple thought in mind when going after any goal in your life: the only way to get what you want is to take action to get it.
Because life rewards action.
So keep laughing and take some action.