Success Champions - January 2020

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Success Champions

Choosing Action

By Brandy Hollaway

L Because the truth of the matter is whether you like where you are right now, you did in fact choose it.

et me say this first so it can sink in as we proceed. If you are thinking, moving, doing...you are already taking action! The issue for so many of us is that we have signed over to Autopilot or often move through life in our metaphorical comfy pants free of labels and attached strings. We have made our bed in the comfort zone and burned the boats on the wrong damn side of our passion! Now, don’t start beating yourself up, that’s not what this is about. This is a moment of clarity proceeding action or its 10 minutes of your time.

now, you did in fact choose it. This is where we want to muddy the waters and look for all the reasons we haven’t or can’t take action right now, but it is all bullshit! If you have the ability to choose right now, there is no reason you can’t choose action, so let’s discuss why you don’t. Complete the following sentence: I am not taking action the way I know I should to achieve ___________ because of ____________________ _____________.

You choose.

The first blank is what you want, the second blank is what you are committed to. I know: it fucking stings, doesn’t it? Take a deep breath. We all do it to some extent.

Because the truth of the matter is whether you like where you are right

Choice is a tricky thing. Action extinguishes the tricks. Choice allows

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