Motion Creates Emotion

During these trying times in our financial markets, it has hit home that there are not as many successful businesses and professionals out there. How does one overcome the distractions of the media, the empathy that others feel towards certain industries, and how do we make money in a "down market?"

I have witnessed many people who have forgotten the amount of energy that it takes to become a great success. The energy that it requires to climb back to the top. Newton's Third Law, although it was focused on physics, applies even to the business world that we live in, and our daily lives.

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

I will give you a few simple comparisons, and want you to answer them as honestly as possible.

Would you rather work 40 hours a week in job that was required of you to be there at certain times, or work 40 hours when it is most convenient for you?

Would you rather try to stop a little red radio flyer traveling at 2 mph, or a fully loaded 18 wheeler traveling at 2 mph? and...

Would you rather spend your time complaining about how much more difficult it is to get business, or go out and spend your time meeting new prospects?

Newton explains that "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" and I challenge you to reflect what are your actions and the unintended reactions or results that have transpired. Complaining is draining not only to you, but to those that you are surrounded by. Excuses are an exertion of energy that shows your inability to overcome the obstacles and challenges that are keeping you from accomplishing your goals.

I believe that there is a source for every problem that arises. That source typically can be found by researching the goals that were set, or in many cases the goals that were not set. The past eighteen months, I have found myself to be sitting on the sideline watching and waiting for something miraculous to happen. Guess what? Nothing happened.

Einstein defined insanity as "continuing to the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results." I have begun to notice by being on the outside looking in how foolish I was to continue in this same self destructing pattern, and decided to make a change.

I have found myself in a completely new environment, and knew that if it was to be, it was up to me. Others are looking for me to have the energy, conviction, knowledge, and the direction to change their "stars". I cannot do it alone, but have been reminded that Motion creates Emotion; "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."; and if it is to be, it is up to me.

Accountability is one of the most overlooked issue within many of us. Accountability to some of us is a dirty word if used within the wrong context. For example, Micromanaging is a form of accountability. Many of us do not like having others over our shoulder all the time telling us what to do. However, many of us like to have the goals set on the table for us, so that we can then know what is expected of us.

As I sit here and reflect on the times when I was twiddling my thumbs and not working towards accomplishing something, I am reminded of the first few months when I started my first job, started my first business, and worked with my first customer. At those times I had something to prove, and that was that I was competent, the right hiring decision, motivated, and did not know enough about what "obstacles" were in the way. Things just got done, and I climbed the ladder of success to the top.

Unless you continue to think, dream, dare, and believe, you have missed an opportunity to overcome the obstacles that will keep your competitors at bay. You will not fully understand the power of putting things in motion, and making things happen.

"PROCRASTINATION is Attitudes Natural Ass(assin)" -- William James