Breaking the inaction inertia
In this article you will learn the following
-35 reasons to people give to justify their inactions — to satisfy their ego
-55 Steps to Breaking the Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralysis Cycle — how to break the habit of inaction -How to Get Better at Taking Action
Time to time all of us experience inaction in some form or other.
We can get into an inaction mood and mode because of numerous reasons and causes — From being too tired, having burned-out, depression, habits of procrastination, lack of motivation etc.
Also, we may feel that taking actions is not very urgent as the goals are of low-value and low-priority.
Persistent inaction and procrastination — can result into no-success or even failures in life along with reducing your capabilities, your quality of life, and your potential.
All great accomplishers ensure that they do what are the most important priorities — irrespective of how they feel — and that is why their life becomes very powerful, meaningful and inspiring.
There is a direct correlation between your ability to take action and the degree of your success.
If our success in life directly depends on our taking actions and none wants to be a failure — then why so many of us get caught in loops of laziness, self-sabotage and procrastination — why do we struggle so much to take action.
Why is Taking Action Hard — one reason could be — the difference in your perception and preferences — decides how much efforts and hard work you are likely to put in any project, task or goal.
To take any meaningful massive actions and succeed in big-time — you need -Talent -Skills- Competencies- Expertise- Experience- capacity to put efforts consistently- confidence- your risk-taking appetite and Intelligence — to name few of the most mandatory prerequisites.
Why inaction is dangerous — Inaction is very expensive — as inaction can increases demotivation and can make you invent excuses and blames and also filling you with fear — on the other hand -taking action will dispel fear and doubt plus it will also fill you with the ingredients of success.
35 reasons to people give to justify their inactions — to satisfy their ego
1. The time is not right — the conditions are not conducive
2. This can’t be done by me alone — I am not capable enough
3. I need support of others — I don’t know how to approach them
4. I am just lost — don’t know how to begin
5. Maybe my goals are wrong — I need to try something else
6. I don’t have enough information — I need to know more
7. I lack resources — money, equipment, connections
8. It will never workout — as others are doing it better
9. Reasons why we procrastinate — why we get into inaction mode
10. You don’t want to do this as you feel that — the tasks will make you feel un-comfortable
11. You may perceive your task to be downright unpleasant
12. You are scared to take risk
13. Your past experience is making you scared of sticking your neck out
14. You don’t want to disturb the status-quo
15. Maybe the quantum of task is making you feel overwhelmed
16. Maybe you are stuck on one aspect — but as result of this shackle are not able to take actions in other areas
17. Because you are looking for perfect — time, condition, information, motivation, inspiration or solutions
18. Because you are looking for instant gratification but are not feeling putting efforts where the results would come much later
19. Because you don’t see much value
20. Because you don’t have faith in your own abilities
21. Maybe you are suffering from — burnout, depression and any such debilitating disorders
22. Maybe there is a mismatch between your values and actions
23. Maybe you have what is called Low achievement motivation or orientation and a weaker innate drive
24. Maybe because you need to take massive actions that is making you feel pressurized
25. Maybe you are too comfortable in your current state
26. Maybe you are called in salesmen-inertia or writer’s block
27. Maybe you are unable to find actionable solutions
28. Maybe your goals are vague and abstract
29. Maybe your path is not clear
30. Maybe you are suffering from low-energy
31. Maybe you lack self-control and discipline
32. Maybe your environment is problematic
33. Maybe your goals don’t feel worthwhile
34. Maybe your priorities have changed
35. Lack of awareness
55 Steps to Breaking the Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralysis Cycle — how to break the habit of inaction -How to Get Better at Taking Action
Given randomly and not in any specific order — all single sentence tips have detailed do-it-yourself among my 3000 plus answers, blogs and articles in both of my websites as well as in my Quora answers
1. Understand that the conditions are never going to be right to for you to start acting — you need to go for it by just doing it — this is how the writers overcome what is known as writer’s-block [when they find themselves physically and mentally frozen and completely stuck.
2. When you are in flow — don’t stop till you have momentum, enthusiasm and energy
3. Try a new or different approach to doing something
4. Focus on taking actions — as per the most important priority of that moment
5. Make you WHYs clearly compelling — with meaning and purpose — on why you must do it and do it now
6. Focus on basics and fundamentals
7. Stop making others problem your own — take steps to not absorb other’s negative and toxic vibes
8. If you want to take action but are unable to — seek help to identify and understand the root-cause of your stagnation and inaction — the explore how effectively you can build solutions around these
9. Understand that just gather information without applying it useless [like you read many books and listen to various videos — but don’t practice meditation regularly].
10. Err On the Side Of Action As Long As the Pain Isn’t Irreversible.
11. Just put your head down and work — Focus on doing the best work you can today
12. Ask yourself — Do you really have something better to do than try to make this work or you are really trying your best to avoid trying hard — Chances are you are just avoiding pain
13. You should train yourself to react into setbacks, not flinch away from them. You can always quit tomorrow or next week.
14. Create a larger-than-life inspiring dream — then work backwards till you have monthly-daily action steps — then go for Internalizing Goals
15. Schedule all your action steps in a way that all of them are within your span of control
16. In case you find something that is beyond your control — break it into smaller parts and try solving them
17. To believe a thing impossible is to make it — and that is The cost of inaction
18. Allocate 10 minutes per day to the task — Countdown and start taking action — track your weekly and daily tasks — reward yourself for all the completed tasks and accomplished milestones
19. Identify and Remove distractions
20. Pick one positive action — Make it tiny and easy -Set up positive feedback -Put everything you have into it
21. Make a list of the main things you want to do and also make another list of errands you need to get done
22. Prioritize and get the most important tasks — if possible, give sequence 1,2,3 in order of importance — then choose the top one — if that is too hard choose the next one — it’s better to make a slightly less-than-optimal choice than to get stuck in indecision — then you need to pick one small action you can get done on this goal
23. Stop worrying about others as worrying about everything all at once is what makes us stuck into inaction — once you complete one milestone — you can go for another
24. If you are tempted to put it off — Make your action small and easy — so are not able to say no
25. To start — Act as if your life depends on it — Act as if this one tiny action is the most important for whole universe — All you have to do is get moving and slowly build the momentum
26. Repeat these actions — till you acquire the mental habit of doing things in this way — whenever you find something overwhelming
27. Suppose out of your list you find that — there is nothing else you can do right now — go and check if there is another project — part of which can be done right now — maybe take a tiny action on right now — if not move on to your secondary list of essential errands
28. Get in the habit of Doing the hard stuff first if you can — by turning this hard stuff into easy actionable steps
29. Recognize that — accomplishing tough tasks at times could be a slow process — if need be and you can enhance your productivity and maintain the momentum — Consciously lower the bar for low value tasks
30. Learn to tackle the perfectionist within you — by focusing on excellence — by giving your 100%
31. Surround yourself with positive, energetic, go-getters as company and support
32. Understand that when you say Yes to unimportant tasks and other’s demands — you are setting yourself up for procrastination in your important tasks — start the Practice of saying NO
This article was originally published as “55 steps to break your inaction and demotivation phase” in https://successunlimited-mantra.com/index.php/blog [1st]for more than 3000+ blogs, articles and answers on creating metamorphosis in every aspect of your life — personal, professional, business, mental, emotional, social, relationships — please visit all three links http://relationshipandhappiness.com/ [2nd] and https://www.quora.com/profile/Subhashis-Banerji [3rd]
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