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THE ACTION MANEUVER
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The Action Maneuver is a simple 4 step method for getting things done no matter what we're feeling or how much magnetic gravity we're experiencing. Someone can always get up and do something. They decide to do something, choose to do it, and then do it. Sorry there's no acceptable excuses not to do something we chose to do. The "I didn't feel like it" excuse doesn't have any weight here. We can always move our hands and feet. If we can't we, should see a medical doctor immediately. Of course if we can make a doctor's appointment and follow through, we can take action can't we?
The Action Maneuver is based on the age old insight into the reality that human beings, no matter how intensely they are up against it, can CHOOSE to get up and do something. It's a fact that people can feel intensely overwhelmed and still do something. Even a person seized by panic can still flee a building. (They can also choose to stay there). What stymies people is not feelings or being overwhelmed, but the CHOICE they make to remain inactive. They choose not to do something. Unless a person has major neurological problems, actual physical disabilities, or a severe psychosis, they can choose to do something and do it. They don't even have to see the meaning and the value in what they're doing (It's sure motivating) in order to do something. They do it.
No matter how much "I can't stand it-it is" or this is "too much" or "overwhelming" we experience, we can still choose to get our limbs moving and do something important.
Would we do our self-help assignments if a 300 lb maniac held a pistol to our heads and whispered: "Do it"? I'm pretty sure what choice we'd make.
Choice and action are powerful tools we all have at our disposal. Nothing fancy. Action is a very powerful change process. It gets important things done. It gives folks a sense of control. Absorbing action feels good. Extended absorbed activity produces endorphins and feels good after awhile. People have changed how they felt, their beliefs, and their behavior patterns by taking action. Small actions can start the ball rolling for large changes.
When we can take action at anytime (which we can) we're in the driver's seat.
© Steve Mensing
THE ACTION MANEUVER
(1) We sense something important better be done.
(2) We give this prompting due consideration. Had we better do this? A bit later or right away? What good and worthwhile payoffs would come about from us taking action? Clean dishes? A balanced bank account. Better health?
(3) Do we require any planning or should we take care of business now? If we don't require much planning, then we better choose to do it and do it right away.
(4) ADDED STEP FOR THOSE FROZEN TO ACT: [Feeling overwhelmed, up against it, magnetized to the old bedski? Press our tongues hard against the roofs of our mouths near our teeth, rub both palms briskly together for 10 seconds, then get up and do it. The only thing that can hold us back is a CHOICE not to do so. If we make the choice to do it, then do it. [Keep in mind the good things resulting from our actions] [If we hesitate, ask ourselves if we would get up and take action if a 300 lb maniac held a gun to our head and demanded that we took action. If we answer yes, then we can do it anyway.]
Have fun,
Steve