The deathly lack of action happens when people never leave the “Vision Mindset” that got them to take action in the first place. When you’re in the “Dream State”, you’re conditioned to seek out PROFOUND, Earth Shattering, and Mind-Altering information. Friend, I need you to believe that the “Dream State” has very important uses, but its NOT the frame of mind you want to be in to run your and grow your business. For that, you need to be in the “Process Mindset”.
This should be of GREAT news because it means that becoming more profitable and creating more consistent income is simply a matter of following well-known steps over and over again. Like the old saying “Lather, Rinse, Repeat”.
What this means is that every time you want to make progress you do not have to stumble upon an amazing new technique! There’s very very little discovery required in the Process Mindset. The discovery comes at the beginning, it comes when you decided what it was that you’re going to do. there is a little more discovery when you learn how to ‘do it’. Then you DO IT. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Keep in mind that 80% of all growth comes from this “Process” phase of your business.
I hope this doesn’t come across as to big of a let-down, ya know, to hear how being a good business person might mean being ‘process-driven’, and not innovation dependent. I can see how that may be disappointing. Don’t think of it that way because trust me, there’s going to be plenty of ‘AH-HA’ moments that you’ll get to encounter as the CEO and Captain of your ship. There is ALWAYS something new to learn and some unusual skill that is worth taking a few moments to master.
So don’t think that you’re relegating yourself to a new life of repetition and boredom. Let the opportunities that your business creates for you be exciting. Let the checks you get be exciting! I’m just saying the actual work that you need to put into it does NOT have to be as complicated as splitting the atom. And at the end of the day, something that’s easy to do gets done more often.
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6 comments
Mike Paetzold says:
June 14, 2010 at 12:42 pm (UTC 0)
Action is always the key and so many keep looking for the next big idea nad never take the action to put the previous idea into action.
Earl Netwal says:
June 14, 2010 at 3:41 pm (UTC 0)
ideas are cheap, action is dear. Now that’s not to demean great ideas, but without a champion willing to do what it takes to make an idea blossom its of little real value. When someone does grab an idea and runs with it, they deserve all the credit whether the idea was there’s or not.
Joel Osborne says:
June 14, 2010 at 7:40 pm (UTC 0)
Very true.
While I do like learning about new little tricks that people are using, it need to make sure that I am still following my overall plan and taking action on it.
I can spend many hours doing little new neat things, but if they are not growing my business, then there is no point to it.
Doug Champigny says:
June 14, 2010 at 8:50 pm (UTC 0)
Couldn’t agree more, LJ! Knowing what action to take is just the first step – the other 80% is taking massive action to accomplish any goal.
Andre Arnett says:
June 15, 2010 at 4:47 pm (UTC 0)
It is always better to take action and if need be you can always come back and correct or improve what you have done. But unless you do that there is no way you can do any improvements. Way to put it out there for people to take action and not worry about pretty.
Luca Di Nicola says:
June 18, 2010 at 3:02 pm (UTC 0)
I like that “Process Mindset”, so often we get so caught up in looking for a better, faster way of doing things that we actually waste a lot of time. Follow a process a plan and you’ll get to your goals. Thanks for the reminder