Jesse Ewell breaks down three action types for hitting goals: immediate tasks under five minutes, consistent daily routines, and increasing intensity over time. Each type builds on the last to move you forward.
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Foreign. So when it comes to goals and taking action, there's really three types of action that you need to take. Number one, taking immediate action. And what that means is that you have to take action in the next 24 hours. And I would even say you need to break it down and make it a simple action that you can do in under five minutes. What ends up happening is we hesitate, we procrastinate, we think things need to be perfect. But what I found is if you can actually take action in the next five minutes, over the next 24 hours, that's really how you're going to hit your goal. Number two is we want to be consistent with our actions. That means you have to do something repeatable. So maybe I'm in the gym, maybe it's working out every day at the same time. Maybe it's going for a run or a walk. Reading the Bible at the same time every day, that's a consistent action. Now, once I've done done that, I can do the third piece, which is add intensity. Working out. Maybe you're adding weight. Maybe you're doing a different rep scheme if you're reading the Bible, maybe you add in journaling. And so adding intensity is another way for you to take action and get a better result. But these are the three ways that you can begin to take action and stop procrastinating.