#572: Take Action and Do Hard Things

Podcast #572TAKE ACTION AND DO HARD THINGSThe secret to success is to have a bias for action. Those who train in themselves to become massive action takers increase their confidence, their self-esteem, their self-concept and their results. This episode will give you mindset hacks to help you train yourself into being a person who takes massive action with ease … and with the results that action brings. In this episode of The Confidence Podcast, we're coaching on:* How to trick yourself into taking more action* Why your avoidance of action is false protection* Micro action habits that generate massive action takingUpdate, we're in Puerto Rico! TODAY I CELEBRATE 11 YEARS OF THE CONFIDENCE PODCAST REVIEW OF THE WEEKANNOUNCEMENT:No Excuses November is happening now at www.collegeofconfidence.comHAVE A BIAS FOR ACTIONFuture self vision. See yourself as someone who has a bias for action.To have a bias for action you have to:-trust yourself-practice having your own back-get obsessed with micro follow-through-celebrate your immediate actions-believe that you make good decisions-have confidence that there's no such thing as wasted effortThe little things are the big things.How you do one thing is how you do everything.It's what people don't see that will make the things in your life that they do see stand out. WHAT BEING AN ACTION TAKER MEANS-You've decided to stop thinking and start doing.-You've decided to stop watching other people's live and instead make your own great.-You're talking back to the "what if"HOW TO TRICK YOURSELF INTO TAKING MORE ACTIONTrack your actionGet an accountability partnerInvest in coaching Put more skin in the gameMICRO-ACTION HABITS THAT GENERATE MASSIVE ACTIONIf it takes less than 2 minutes take immediate action.Time AssignElevate your standards -Always make your bed-Clean toothpaste in the basin-Do what you want to avoidWHY WE DON'T TAKE ACTIONWe overthink.We let fear win over faith. We get distracted.We don't actually believe it will matter.We're too attached to immediate results.We are concerned by what people will think - when it goes well and when it doesn't go well.We aren't sure what to do.We have a sloppy management of our gift of time. POWER THOUGHTSI take immediate action. I am a doer.I create movement in my life.Little actions create big rewards.I have raised my standards.DO HARD THINGSBe a person who leans into hard.Most people avoid hard, and the avoidance makes it even harder.Approach or Avoid. WILLINGNESS:Be willing to do things others aren't.Start by being willing to have a different relationship with "hard things"All progress starts when you begin to tell yourself the truth.Where are you not being all in?Where are you not committed?Where are you going for "good" instead of "great"? Understand that you can't avoid hard.Hard things, when avoided become different hard emotions - the emotion of disappointment.Hard or hard, which will you pick? Pick the one with the biggest result you want. What have you been unwilling to do?How have you been thinking about "hard things?" -How you think is a form of communication - the communication and inner dialogue you have with yourself MATTERS. OTHER EPISODES YOU'LL ENJOY:#233: Focusing in the Face of Distraction #191: How to Take Massive Action LISTENER OF THE EPISODE:JenK from IGTranscriptEmailDownloadNew TabSpeaker 1 0:00 If you've always wondered how some people seem to always be confident or seem to know what they're doing, and you want to be one of those people, then this episode is for you. I want you to know this, those people aren't special or better or more motivated or more qualified than you. They're just doing one thing differently that yo...