“Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.” ~ Virginia Woolf

You know what you want, you’ve created your vision and set your goals. You’ve got in the right mindset and done the mental preparation.

You’ve planned your actions and know where to start – so what now? Well it’s time to actually do it – it’s time for action.

Planning for action is key but none of it matters if you don't put your plan into action and follow through on your goals.

Changeability is about taking action.

But it’s not a ‘running around like a headless chicken’ sort of action. It’s not being busy for the sake of it action.

It’s about managing your mind to make changes in your life, and that means it’s action based on mind management techniques.

The very techniques we talk about on The Changeability Podcast and are laid out in the Changeability: Manage your Mind – Change your Life book.

If you follow and practice these your action becomes:

It’s time for action, but there’s potential traps stopping you.

Procrastination is the number 1 killer of action, but what’s behind it?

Busyness for the sake of busyness

Sometimes we just like to feel we’re busy. Being busy is almost addictive and makes us feel like we’re achieving something even if it’s not the actions we need to take to get us to our goals.

Set your priority and prioritise it

Make this your one thing to get done before moving on to other activities

Surely the most simple productivity tip of all time is the good old fashioned humble to-do list.

The time for action is now – and the key is consistency and purposeful activity.

In episode 49 of The changeability Podcast – Time for Action – we talk about all of this and more including:

“It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.” Hugh Laurie

What are you taking action on today? Let us know in the comments below.

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