We are a familiar with the catch phrase…Lights, Camera, Action. Most of us attribute this to the movies or television. Everything in life can be translated into another domain.
For instance, we can simply deploy this concept and change a pattern or situation in our life.
We begin by shining a light on it;
Next, we whip out our camera and take a snapshot of our future;
Finally, we take action to move closer to our desired future.
Did you see how easy that was? Ok, maybe you need a little more explanation.
Shining a light is self-awareness. Awareness clarifies how we see the world and how the world see us through the lens of what has occurred in our life up to this moment. Whatever we discover is neither good nor bad. It just is what it is without judgment.
Self-awareness expands our perspective, creates new possibilities, and generally makes it easy to amplify our life’s journey. Awareness is our green screen for limitless choices. We can choose to change our relationship with our discoveries or leave them as they are. The choice is ours and only ours to make.
Assuming change is what we want, we need a plan to get there. We need to remove the green screen and replace it with a picture of us in our future.
Go ahead…I double dare you to whip out your camera and take a snapshot of your future. Are you up to the challenge?
Describe it in as much vivid detail as you can.
- What does your future snapshot look like?
- What are the top 10 reasons you want to achieve X?
- What rewards do you expect to receive along your journey? (could be knowledge, experience, something more tangible).
- What challenges do you expect to face? Who can give you support or help along the way?
- What qualities will allow you to survive these obstacles?
- What will be different in your world when you have achieved your goal? How will it affect others around you?
- What are you going to do to make sure your journey is FUN?
You have all you need to be successful in this journey right now. You are not lacking anything. Any resources you may need will magically appear when you need them.
Our marvelously scripted screenplay is worthless without bringing it to life. Action is required. We must commit to designing and practicing actions that move us closer to our desired future.
Action builds momentum, creating the required inertia to propel us on the road to achieving what we desire. Our envisioned future begins with a commitment to take action. We commit to learn new skills or behaviors. We commit to practicing what we want to learn. We are what we practice. We become what we practice.
If the practice is the right practice for our learning, then we must continue to practice until we embodied the practice. If our intended results are not achieved by this practice, then we need to revisit and redesign our actions.
Even if you fail, you are a success. We learn from all our experiences. Our commitment to action is what’s important. Your success depends on you being responsible for your actions and inactions. Do not let anything or anyone get in your way of success.
Your present self is afraid of your future self!
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