TheFoggBlogg: Nike 2.0— "Just Do It NOW!"

from an eMail newsletter by Dan Robey, author of The Power of Positive Habits. VERY good stuff. Please, read it... all... right now! <smile>

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This is an incredibly powerful habit that will help you be more successful in "ALL" areas of your life.

Make it a habit to act "INSTANTLY" the moment a thought that requires action enters your mind.

Here are some examples:

You are listening to your voicemail messages and you hear a message to call someone regarding a fairly important matter.

Rather then waiting until a later time, call the person immediate after you finish listening to your messages. If you are away from home just dial the number from your cell phone.

The important thing is to call the person RIGHT NOW, if they are not in, leave a voice message with a callback number. The ball is now in their court.

You have a friend who just started working out and you know he/she could benefit from a monthly subscription to a fitness magazine.

Go online within minutes from the time you had the thought and do a google search for fitness magazines. Go to the fitness publication web site, pull out your credit card and place a gift order for the person....RIGHT AWAY.

Do you get the idea here?

You are acting immediately on the action thought that entered your mind. You are not even giving yourself a MINUTE to procrastinate.

You are taking instant, decisive action to complete what your creative mind gave you as a task.

Here are some more examples:

You are driving to work and you hear and advertisement for a product that could benefit you.

Pull your car over, get out your cell phone and dial the number that is being announced on your car radio. Do not hesitate....DO IT NOW!

You are on vacation and an idea pops into your head like a light bulb flashing in a dark room. The idea could be about starting a new business, or an idea on how to make your existing business more profitable, or an idea on how improve your home and increase it's value.

Call your home phone or cell phone IMMEDIATELY and leave a voicemail message to yourself describing the idea in detail. If you don't do this immediately YOU WILL FORGET THE IDEA!!

How important is it to ACT in the NOW?

Here is a valuable tip that John Lennon of the Beatles gave George Harrison about how to write great songs.

He said "When you start a new song, don't walk away from it until it is complete. Don't try and come back and finish it on anther day.....complete the song....RIGHT NOW!!"

Why did he say this?

Because he knew that the exact creative moment in time that George was in would never occur again.

You see, George would never be in the same exact mood creatively again as he was that moment in time. It might be raining on another day which would put him in a different mood, he may be in a different room, or a location which has a different vibe.

He may be in the company of a person who makes him feel irritable or anxious. He may have eaten something that made him feel better or worse on another day.

There are literally 1,000's of variables that have a direct affect on your creative mood at any given moment.