Motion vs Taking Action

When you’re in motion, you’re planning and strategizing and learning. Those are all good things, but they don’t produce a result. Action, on the other hand, is the type of behavior that will deliver an outcome.

Examples:
- If I outline 20 ideas for articles I want to write, that’s motion. If I actually write and publish an article, that’s action.

- If I go to the gym and ask about getting a personal trainer, that’s motion. If I actually step under the bar and start squatting, that’s action.

It’s easy to be in motion and convince yourself that you’re still making progress. You think, “I’ve got conversations going with four potential clients right now. This is good. We’re moving in the right direction.” Or, “I brainstormed some ideas for that book I want to write. This is coming together.”

Motion makes you feel like you’re getting things done. But really, you’re just preparing to get something done. When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something. You don’t want to merely be planning. You want to be practicing.

Motion will never produce a final result. Action will.

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Бывает, что я и сам прокрастинирую и занимаюсь motion, вместо того, чтобы делать action

Тем не менее, даже если и делаешь actions, важно иметь и какую-то достижимую конечную цель, потому что иначе это будет, конечно, не motion, а уже just movement.

P.S. Это, кстати, продолжение серии versus-постов. Предыдущая часть тут — тык.

https://jamesclear.com/taking-action