Decision Is Not Action. How To Make Things Happen.
Something that gets in the way of people’s forward movement on goals, projects, and tasks is not taking ACTION . . . whatever that action may be. It sounds simple, but often people leave a meeting or discussion, and made a decision, but don’t follow through. That’s not action . . . it’s a decision . . . and a decision means nothing unless you actually DO something. You won’t get to where you want to be by only making decisions. I have witnessed this throughout my career, coaching clients, and my own experience when I fall trap to this thinking.
If you find this is happening with you or others around you, here are some points to keep in mind to move things forward:
A decision is talk – an action makes things happen. There should be a short amount of time between a decision and the action that follows. You can tweak the action and course correct if needed, but always do something to take a step forward on the decision in a timely manner.
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The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor
I highly recommend reading The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. It is a well-written, practical book with simple, actionable ways to apply each of the seven principles (outlined below) to improve your performance and maximize your potential. Shawn writes “Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard, we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology has shown this formula is backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, productive and resilient at work.” It doesn’t mean being 100% positive or always happy (that’s not realistic), but rather putting more weight on being optimistic and shifting to a more positive mindset to create more opportunities and happiness.
Here is an outline of his seven principles in The Happiness Advantage:
1) The Happiness Advantage:...
Work-Life Balance – What Does It Even Mean?
The phrase “work-life balance” is a funny notion. After all, work is a part of your life, as are family, relationships, personal interests, giving back to others and your health.
So why the distinction between work and life? If you are at work, are you not living your life? If you are living life, are you not working?
These areas all intersect, are all connected, and not so easily compartmentalized.
Instead of this or that (work or life), balance is about feeling you have the right proportion of all of these areas in your life, and it is different for each individual.
What is needed for every person — no matter your profession or position — is time to recharge and space for quality time in each of these areas.
This is definitely possible to achieve, once you change your mindset and habits to focus on what’s most important and let go of what isn’t.
For years, I regularly found myself working evenings and always being “on”...
