How to Make Taking Action Easier

Okay, so you might know by now that to live your dreams you are going to need to take action. Of course it is more complex than that, but one of the biggest fundamental steps is taking action, but how can you keep taking action on an ever increasing amount of goals that keep getting bigger and bigger so that you live your dreams? Won't that just get too hard? Well, no.

You see, you mind is a wonderful thing, particularly your subconscious mind. It does so many things all the time while your conscious is only focusing on one thing.

Because of this, you can actually kind of delegate tasks that usually take place in your conscious mind and put them in your subconscious, virtually freeing yourself from the struggle of performing the task, if there was a struggle.

It's like when you began to walk. At first, as a baby, you had to keep immense focus on putting one foot in front of the other, hold your balance, then another foot, almost there, oh no! Im falling! And down you go. But you got back up and did it again and again and again until you got it down, and now your subconscious gets to focus on walking when you go from place to place while your conscious mind can focus on talking to a friend.

So how did we do that? How do we delegate it? Well, another word for all of this is habits.

When we repeat something enough, it will eventually turn into a habit and no longer need conscious focus. For example, I have been exercising and lifting weights for six years now, and it is definitely a habit. I no longer spent mental energy deciding if I am going to go work out or not, I just do it basically without thinking about it. Easy. Done.

Or, for example, I am, by nature, a shy person. However, I decided to make a habit out of talking to new people and be friendly. This has formed into a habit now, and I do not have the same struggle when going up and talking to someone new. It's more subconscious now.

(By the way, your subconscious can almost always outperform your conscious. Think about how much better you are at talking when you are talking to your best friend rather than giving a speech or talking to an intimidating figure...)

So, in order to make this whole "Live your Dreams" thing easier, how about you start taking consistent action to the point where it becomes a habit. Just like lifting weights, if you only do it once in a great while, you will never develop muscle. But do it consistently, and you will reap the benefits.

REMEMBER, this is your life. Make it extraordinary.

Sean Golden