{"id":903,"date":"2009-07-01T08:13:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T16:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/why-am-i-not-making-progress-tips-to-motivate-into-action\/"},"modified":"2013-09-26T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T22:39:00","slug":"why-am-i-not-making-progress-tips-to-motivate-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/why-am-i-not-making-progress-tips-to-motivate-into-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I Not Making Progress? 3 Steps To Motivate Into Action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nAre you progressing in life, or are you just treading water?\u00a0 This is a brief article intended to motivate you beyond stagnation into purposeful action, once and for all.\u00a0 These are the steps I use to get things done.<\/p>\n

Almost everyday I go to the gym, and almost everyday I see people in the gym who are unfortunately making very little progress.\u00a0 Although these individuals frequent the gym quite regularly, they are experiencing very little change in their bodies.\u00a0 This is quite the misfortune.<\/p>\n

Today I want to discuss this phenomenon and explain the steps that cause some people to progress, while others stagnate.<\/p>\n

You Must Grow<\/span><\/p>\n

The reality is, if you\u2019re not going forward, you are going backwards.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s interesting that one of the definitions of stagnate, is to decline.<\/p>\n

We know that if living things are not growing and developing, they are dying, and who wants to die before their time?<\/p>\n

In order to move from \u201cstuck\u201d into \u201crapid progress\u201d the following 3 steps are requisite:<\/p>\n

Step 1: Decide How Your End Result Will Look and Commit to Achieve It<\/span><\/p>\n

You have to see your end result clearly.\u00a0 It is just as difficult to get to a place you can\u2019t see, as it is to come back from a place you\u2019ve never been.\u00a0 When I ran track as a child, they told us to never look to the left or to the right, but always stay focused on the finish line.\u00a0 You must see the port in the harbor to which you are headed.<\/p>\n

Additionally, you must commit to the vision of what you want to achieve.\u00a0 You must draw a line in the sand and confess that you\u2019re sick and tired of being sick and tired, before you will be able to go forward.\u00a0 Nothing really happens until you get angry; nothing happens until you are tired of the pain.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Simplify Your Life<\/span><\/p>\n

When the lion tamer goes into the lion cage, he brings a pistol, a whip and a chair.\u00a0 The chair is said to be the most efficient at controlling the beast.\u00a0 Why is this?<\/p>\n

When the bottom of the chair is pointed in the direction of the lion, the lion becomes unsure as to which leg to focus on, and begins to stagnate.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be like the lion with so many things to focus on that you can never make any progress.\u00a0 Determine the critical steps needed for your success, and create the habit of performing only those steps everyday.\u00a0 You must have laser focus; you can\u2019t stroll to a goal.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Act Now<\/span><\/p>\n

Last, but never least, is to get into action today, because tomorrow never comes.\u00a0 When you get into what you are calling tomorrow, you will rename it today.\u00a0 Decide what your end result will be today, determine the critical steps needed to achieve it, and start performing those activities right now.<\/p>\n

All of the self development material in the world is worthless, if we never act on it.\u00a0 We\u2019ve talked about progress long enough; it\u2019s now time to apply what we know, so we may grow.
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