My thoughts for the month centre around procrastination and how debilitating it can really be. I have been the Queen of procrastination and that is why I became - and embrace being an action Queen instead.
I have discovered that by taking the smallest action (what SARK calls 'Micro Movements') I have been able to achieve the most amazing things because it is often just that first tiny step that we commit to making that leads us into the bigger steps - and if they don't then that's ok too.
A simple example is that you want to clean a cupboard that is full of old shoes and bits and pieces you want to get rid of and have been meaning to do it for a long time.
When using this method you would set an intention to go to the cupboard at 9.00am on Saturday morning and open the cupboard. That's it. Close it again if you want - it doesn't matter, you did what you set out to do. You were accountable.
What normally happens though is that you open the cupboard then do your next step which is - take out all the shoes. That's it!
It is just a series of tiny steps that you continue with or not - no pressure - no "I've GOT to get that cupboard cleaned and in perfect order on xxxx!
Sometimes you will get the cupboard cleaned (or whatever you are doing) and will move on and clean the whole house and other times you will just open and then close the door. It doesn't matter and that is the whole point. Take the pressure off and see how much you can get done. It really works.
SARK has written 15 books this way and says it is how she does her taxes and runs her business. She also adds that it must be done in delightful ways and her catch-cry is "Let Pleasure be Primary". which I love. Sark puts her MM's on a beautiful brightly coloured wheel that she has drawn and made into segments which we used during the course.
So to summarize. Design some very small steps for whatever you want to achieve, then set the intention, be creative and make the steps pleasurable somehow; then choose which step you want to take (and make it fun) and then just go for it! Please email me and let me know how it works for you or if you need some ideas let me know what you are "working" on and I will reply with some steps.
That's it for this month. I hope I have given you plenty to think about. Have a brilliant June and remember nothing succeeds like action!
p.s. Oh! almost forgot, I have just revamped my website and I have introduced a new programme as well as the "Boot Camps" and 12 week Makeover.
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Yours in action, (nothing else works)
Joan, CAO - Chief Action Officer!