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Taking Action and Momentum

I want to do a quick follow up to my last post.

I was talking with my business partner today and he made an EXCELLENT POINT : “Hardest part about taking action is getting started, once I get started it’s much easier to keep going.”

And it’s SO TRUE.

There’s a saying : Motion creates emotion.

Once you just get started-REGARDLESS of how you feel-your level of motivation will go UP and help you push through whatever task you’re doing.

Once you get started, you start building momentum. Staying persistent and consistent will keep that momentum going.

SO JUST GET STARTED ALREADY.

And don’t look back! :)

Stop Being a Wimp

I talk a lot about mindset, strategy, affirmations, visualization all that good stuff. But for most of you that’s NOT the CORE problem.

Liston…lack of consistent persistent ACTION towards their goal is the #1 FACTOR holding people back from success.

Here’s the TOP 5 BIGGEST BULLSHIT excuses I hear from people:

  1. “Amit, I’m scared!” What, you think I’m never scared? Everyone has fear, the key to winning in life is to act IN SPITE OF FEAR. If you let fear control you and you never get out of your comfort zone, you’ll never amount to anything in life.
  2. “I can only put some much time and energy into this, because (insert bullshit excuse). I’ll give it a try.” WOW! You think I had no other obligation or all the time in the world when I was first building my business. I don’t care what your situation is you gotta give it your 100%, or don’t bother. Don’t try, either do it, or don’t do it.
  3. “Amit, it’s just too hard, I can’t do this!” Anything worth accomplishing in life is gonna be “hard”. It’s the hard stuff that separates the men from the boys. If that’s what’s stopping you then you’re pathetic.
  4. “I’m feeling really down. I’ve tried and it didn’t work. I don’t want to set myself up for disappointment again.” Listen princess, if you want to be rich and successful in life, you better be prepared for MASSIVE disappointments along the way. I’ve faced it time and time again. It’s a small price to pay. If your willing to act, REGARDLESS of how you feel, nothing will stop you!
  5. “Amit, my spouse/friends/family told me I’m crazy/it won’t work/you’re wasting your time. I’m afraid of what people will think.” Welcome to the club, when I first started NO ONE believed in me. Those close to me laughed and thought I was living in La-La Land. If you let other people’s opinion of your life control you, then who’s life are you living? And if they’ve never amounted to anything, should be really be taking their advice?

Know your purpose, and follow your heart.

Complete Guide: How to Get Anything You Want in Life

I was looking through some of my older posts that I did last year and I thought I’d do something really useful and cool.

I’ve compiled all the posts from my “How to Get Anything You Want in Life” Series into this post.

I HIGHLY recommend you read through each and every post. I actually just re-read them myself!

Enjoy! :)

HOW TO GET ANYTHING YOU WANT IN LIFE

Part 1: The 3 Critical KEYS to Success

Part 2 : Write out Your Vision

Part 3 : Create Your Vision Board

Part 4: Experience Your Vision

Part 5: Your Belief Level & The Catalyst to Success

Part 6 : Programming Your Subconscious

Part 7 : The 4 Letter Word

Part 8 : Free Report on Time Management & Productivity

Part 9 : Free Report on How to Make More & Work Less

The Power of FOCUS

First off, thanks for the encouraging comments! I’ve been 100% focused on launching a new business the last 6 months. Yes, thing are finally taking off now, PLEW! (I’l do post on that later!)

Anyways…

I was talking to my wife yesterday and she brought up a GREAT point regarding the ability to focus and success in life.

That is, the MORE you can focus in, and get in the zone, in your business, in your marriage, with your health, or just about anything else in life the more likely you are to succeed.

I’m NOT talking about self-discipline here, I’m actually talking about the ability to get so FOCUSED on the task at hand and let the whole world around you just become a blur.

The MORE you can focus :

  1. The MORE productive you’ll be
  2. What you produce will be of MUCH higher quality
  3. Dramatically increases your ability to absorb information and learn
  4. You’ll build MOMENTUM and come up with breakthroughs and ideas you never would have otherwise

Now here’s the PROBLEM: a lot of you (and you KNOW WHO YOU ARE) can’t focus for more than 30 seconds without getting distracted.

Why is this?

Well, let me see, you’ve:

  1. 2 chat boxes open
  2. the TV running in the background
  3. been trying to do 3 things at once
  4. a baby’s crying and spousing calling you
  5. people texting you on your iphone
  6. new updates on twitter and facebook

We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with information and distractions 24/7. All of these distractions and non-stop multi-tasking are killing our ability to focus 100% on ONE THING and do it REALLY well.

“So Amit, this all sound great, but how the heck do I get in focus?”

Listen up…

Focus is mental muscle that you’re gonna have to build. Here’s a few steps I suggest you follow to get started:

#1 ISOLATION

Find a place and time to work for at least 2 hours a day where you can COMPLETELY ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS. That means, no TV, no chat, no email, no SMS, NOTHING except whatever specific important task you need to get done.

#2 MEDITATION

The best way to improve your mental focus is to start meditating on a daily basis. You’ll see a big difference with just 20-30 minutes a day. You won’t believe how hard it is to sit still and think about nothing for just 20-30 minutes!

#3 LIMIT MULTITASKING

Find 2 1-hour blocks of time each day to do all your multitasking (ie chatting with 4 people while checking email, and twittering or whatever!) You’re goal is to eventually reduce this to just 1 hour per day.

Make a commitment to do this for 30 days straight and you’ll be AMAZED at what you accomplish! :)

UNREAL: The Rocky Story

A friend of mine just shared this with me and I gotta tell you, I WAS BLOWN AWAY.

Liston to Tony Robbins tell the Sylvester Stallone (aka Rocky) Story…