Hey First name / friend,
So I'm reading this book called Atomic Habits, and I think the author lives in my house.
I say this because many mornings when I wake up, I read a few pages. And today, he (the author, James Clear) decided to talk to me about the difference between motion and action.
“When you're in motion,” says my buddy James, “you're planning and strategizing and learning.” (Got it. Good deal. Do it all the time.)
“All good things,” says James—
“…but they don't produce a result.” (Hrm.)
Action, on the other hand? It's “the type of behavior that will deliver an outcome.”
So: me updating my website, and listening to free trainings, and reading books about building good habits? All good. But I've been feeling like I'm running on a hamster wheel … and not making the measurable progress I want to be making. So it makes me think that perhaps I'm avoiding the actions I know I should be taking.
Given, I'm a perfectionist. I have sky-high expectations for how and what and when.
But I don't think this is a case of setting my expectations too high. I think it's a case of postponing things that are excellent next steps, but that might make me want to barf.
So that's where I'm at.
How about you? Are you in motion? Or are you doing the things that are intentional, focused, aligned, purposeful, active…and that make you want to barf?
Write me back and tell me about it. We shouldn't have to barf alone.
I'll keep you posted on my progress.
