I was recently having a really great conversation with a former client about taking action only when they feel good beforehand.
This is actually a great recipe for inaction.
If I needed to make sure I’d feel good before doing something, I’d never have important conversations with people, I’d rarely go to the gym and I’d likely play video games and watch Netflix all day – although I found even that doesn’t feel good after a while.
When I am not should-ing myself about doing something, when I am not shaming myself for not taking action and when I am not believing I always need to feel good…action is a wonderful experiment.
Meaning, filled with wonder.
There’s a curiosity that arises when I come to terms with the fact that my belief of how I will feel in the future is always a made-up interpretation and never what will actually happen.
That there’s a world of thoughts and feelings and then there’s a world of experimentation.
None of which needs to rely on one another.
And when I don’t feel good and I choose to not take action, that’s ok as well. As soon as I see this distinction more clearly, I am back into the wonder of action-taking.
Every single time when someone whom I am speaking to sees this distinction in a deeper way for themselves, they have a “Holy Sh*t” moment because most of what was getting in the way of action simply falls away.
If you’d like to explore this for you, send me a PM.
Much love,
Felipe
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