TupeloKenyon.com

Right Action at the Right Time

For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi.

When is it best to ponder, and when is it best to take action?

Perpetual pondering without action is also known as daydreaming. Being consumed by action without the proper mental and emotional preparations is ineffective at best and a waste of time and energy at worst.

How do these two components of manifestation work together and how do we determine when it’s time to quit thinking about it, roll up our sleeves and get to work?

Effective Learning Involves Thinking . . . AND . . . Doing

Doing allows us to internalize what we are learning and really “get it.” Until we actually do it, we only possess a mental idea of it and don’t actually know it.

“I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.”
– Unknown

In medical school, they use this method:

See one.
Do one.
Teach one.

Just seeing something or hearing about it isn’t enough. To understand it, you must do it. To thoroughly understand it, you must teach it.

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” - Joel Barker

How Does it Feel?

When learning something new, you’re opening yourself up to new ideas, new sensations, new understandings and new emotions. All of these must be assimilated along with the raw information.

To take effective action on what you’re learning, you have to feel good about it. Your feelings are providing you with immediate feedback about how well the new information fits with your current idea of intention, passion and purpose.

If you are contemplating a new action based on something you’ve recently learned, this is a good time to pay attention to how you’re feeling. If you think about the course of action spawned by new information and you feel excited, inspired and enthusiastic, you know you’re on the right track.

If it makes you feel despondent, hesitant or doubtful, that’s giving you a good clue. If you feel uninspired, depressed or have no energy to act on what you’re learning, it’s important to pay attention to that. Either continue with more in-depth learning to see if enthusiasm dawns naturally, or change course. Learn something else that motivates you to take inspired action.

Yak Yak Yak

Taking action about what you’re learning is a good way to assimilate the information . . . up to a point. Continuous chatter without action is an energy drain. If it fits and it feels good, what are you going to do about it?

At first, discussions may help to gather your ideas, energy and momentum to help launch you into action mode. At a certain point, if discussion drags on, action fizzles out. The energy leaks away and the potential for momentum evaporates.

“What you do speaks so loud, I can’t hear what you say.” – Unknown

It’s common for us to form committees, organize focus groups, cuss and discuss our problems, ad nausium. With this exponential focus, problems grow. The Law of Attraction can be described as . . . whatever you give the most attention to, related to any subject, grows in your experience.

“Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.” - Edward de Bono

That’s why people of action, accomplishers, highly functioning individuals rarely indulge in talk-fests. Once the new information has been reasonably synthesized, and the internal guidance system has given the green light via feelings of inspiration and enthusiasm, more talk just gets in the way. It’s time to get to work. Do something.

“Think like a man of action. Act like a man of thought.” - Henri Louis Bergson (1859-1941)

Even if the initial actions are not optimum, do them anyway to begin accumulating momentum. You can always come back later and re-do anything you’d like to improve, in light of additional experience. But for now, just begin.

Learn a little. Do a little. Repeat.

“Be cause . . . it’s more effective.”
– from the song, “Celebrate Life” by Tupelo Kenyon.

“What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations … is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one’s own efforts.” - Hannah Arendt (1906-75)

When you feel inspired and enthusiastic, by all means . . . do something. Often, the first steps are the most difficult, but if you time those initial activities when your enthusiasm is peaking, you’ll have a tremendous advantage to break the inertia of inactivity and tip the scales toward action mode.

One action will lead to the next, and the next, and so on. Soon, your activities will take on a life of their own and the completion of one task will suggest the next.

Continue to monitor how it feels for clues about when course corrections would be beneficial.

Remind yourself what a blessing it is to have the freedom to chart your own course. That’s infinitely valuable, and it’s something not available to all people in all places and all times. It would be a travesty to take it for granted. A good definition of freedom is the ability to spend your time acting on your choices, rather than reacting to the choices of others.

“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.” - Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944)

New outcomes are manifested by a combination of new information, well-learned, with attention regularly directed toward how you feel about what you are learning. This honest and objective feedback from your internal guidance system can help you take the right action at the right time.

While reading, did you choose to hear the relaxing instrumental music linked at the beginning of this article? To learn more about it, click here.

Did you get something good from this article? You can also enjoy the feeling of giving. Click here to leave a donation for Tupelo. Thank you.

Listen FREE to the songs below . . . chosen to enhance the ideas in this article.

	Don’t Tell Me No Just don’t do it. It’s better that way . . . for both of us! http://www.somemusicmatters.com/DescX.html#Anchor3 What Would Love Do Now It’s tough to remember to ask yourself this question in the heat of the moment, but it can pay big dividends. http://www.somemusicmatters.com/DescHere.html#Anchor10 Take the Plunge Their advice is "for your own good", but the last thing you need to hear is their worst-case scenario. http://www.somemusicmatters.com/DescHere.html#Anchor11 Be Kind Your example and the kindness shown to others can have a rippling affect that goes on and on. http://www.somemusicmatters.com/DescHB.html#Anchor9 Do What You Love Discovering what we have a true passion for, and then figuring out a way to build a life around that passion is one of life’s greatest feelings of accomplishment. http://www.somemusicmatters.com/DescHB.html#Anchor10 Just One Step Just begin. If you will just get underway, the project itself gains momentum and carries you along to its completion. http://www.somemusicmatters.com/DescHB.html#Anchor12 Hell or a Whole Lotta Fun Nothing to do? How about too much to do? Our attitude seems to make the difference. http://www.somemusicmatters.com/DescAnth.html#Anchor16 Songs by Tupelo
Get a Broader Perspective - Do It Different and Work Smarter When I think of the view from our broader perspective, to me, it means the viewpoint of our inner self . . . who we really are. Without the filters of our ego, the world looks quite different. The problem is . . . this lofty viewpoint seems illusive. People occasionally identify with broader perspective with no apparent effort or intent, but it’s rare to arrive at such a viewpoint accidentally. More commonly, brief glimpses are caught deliberately by intent, and repeated by personal discipline and the use of clever techniques. Why Completion Feels So Good and How to Get it Done Half-done tasks and unfinished projects have a way of taking on a life of their own. They are needy reminders of your past, pulling at your attention and depleting your energy. They are mental nags, getting in the way of you living fully in the present. Instead of bogging down in the remnants of the past, clear it out and be receptive to the creative process. Fill your life with things and experiences in sync with where you are going, rather than where you’ve been. How to Live the Life of Your Dreams Through Intuition Intuition feels good. That should be enough of a clue it’s something that can be trusted. But, our culture has done a thorough job of instilling doubt about the wisdom of following our instincts. Instead, we are taught to think things through and be logical. These mental tools are important, but they were never intended to be used instead of intuition. They work better when used in conjunction with intuition. If we are open to it, we get nudges and insights to move us in the direction of our greatest joys, our most valuable contributions, and our most satisfying life. Those quiet whispers and gentle taps on the shoulder are examples of inner guidance in action - intuition. Action and Satisfaction A satisfying life includes time for doing balanced by time for being , embracing and celebrating all aspects of life. Being, doing, having . . . all these things are important ingredients of our package of life experience. Denying any aspect of it only serves to diminish our joy of living a full, inspired, and satisfying life. Work - Just a Job or Visible Love Do you love what you do and do what you love? Here’s a step-by-step method on how to put your passions to work and start living the life you were born to live. How Do You Feel - About Inner Guidance? Is it a hunch? Is it a voice in your head? Is it something you feel? Don’t confuse what you feel with who you are. Once you are able to access this awareness of pure being and identify yourself with it, you won’t get carried away by whatever emotional cloud happens to be passing by. Celebrate life through one of the more subtle forms of communication available to us - inner guidance. Quarter Million Dollar Idea for Productivity Some people get things done and some don’t. Why is that? We all have the same number of hours in the day. Supercharge your productivity with this simple but powerful idea. One man actually paid a quarter million dollars for it (and felt he got a steal!). It’s yours free if you can prioritize the time to take a look. The Law of Attraction With anything as important as the law of attraction, it’s a good idea to hear it described many times from many different angles. This article looks at it from several viewpoints as well as revealing how to get the understanding of the law of attraction from the prime source. Many links are provided including links to streaming mp3 songs that incorporate the principles of attraction in the lyrics. Celebrate life with an ever-clearer grasp of how the law of attraction determines your life experience. Articles by Tupelo
	Why wait for inspiration to strike? Be proactive, and go get it. Better yet, this newsletter brings it to you. "Inspired on Purpose" newsletter by Tupelo Kenyon contains articles, reviews and resources to supercharge your personal development, inspiration, productivity, abundance and joy. FREE e-book Instant download - when you subscribe. Personal Development Supercharger 101 Tips and Techniques by Tupelo Kenyon It’s FREE. Subscribe now. Enter name and email address below: Name: Email:
	Privacy policy: Your email address is secure. I will not sell, rent or trade your information to anyone for any reason. Period. - Tupelo Kenyon