EP31 Mindset Monday - Massive vs Passive Action

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So today, Mindset Monday we are talking about massive action versus passive action. And this is a big deal and a big, big reason. These two not being able to distinguish between these two, why you will not be able to get your goals or why you will be able to get your goals. So here's what this looks like. First, let's define what massive action looks like. I find that I'm hearing this terminology more and more, but I don't know that my athletes or my clients or the people I coach, whether they really know what massive action looks like. So I'm going to dive into that just a little bit and then we'll look at passive action and look at how we can get caught between confusing the two and why that confusion causes us less likelihood to get to where we want to go, whether it's a sport goal, a physical goal, a career goal, whatever it is. So massive action versus passive action. So first, massive action. The easiest way to define this would be continuing to take action non stop until you reach your goal. So continuing to take action after action until you reach your goal. So I'm going to use a really mundane example for this. I have a appointment tomorrow, happens to be a dentist appointment. And if my goal is to get to that appointment, what does that look like? So I might have to, well, I have to go with my daughter. So I might have to pick my daughter up from school and guaranteed there's going to be some things that stop me along the way. So maybe. Maybe I get a phone call before I leave and I take that phone call. That might be an obstacle in my way. But does that stop me from taking my action to get to my appointment? No. Maybe I don't take the call and I keep going. So then I have to drive to go and get my daughter. And along the way, are there going to be some stoplights? Yep. And those stoplights are going to stop me from getting to even that first step of picking up my daughter. Say I was able to achieve that goal of getting her first, and now we're both on our way to the dentist. What does that look like? Well, there's going to be some more stoplights, another obstacle. Maybe there was a car accident along the way and I was delayed a little bit and had to go around. Likely I'm going to hit a few more stoplights to get to my destination. But my point is, is that there are going to be probably countless obstacles just to get to that dentist appointment. But if I really want to get to that dentist appointment, I don't know how many of us really want to do that. But if I really want to get to that dentist appointment, that stoplight's not going to stop me. The phone call's not going to stop me. Having to pick up my daughter is not going to stop me. The car accident along the way is not going to stop me. Those are simply things along the way. And this is more important, this point right here. I don't feel bad about the stoplight, and I don't make myself wrong that I took a phone call or didn't take a phone call. And picking my daughter up doesn't make me angry. They are just part of the process. They are just part of the process to get to that goal. So I took massive action to get to that goal of getting to the dentist. And there were lots and lots and lots of obstacles along the way. And. And each obstacle I saw as a tiny little setback. Oh, I stopped at the stoplight for a minute, and away I go again. And I'm on my path again to get to that goal. So that is massive action. But put into a context that seems, okay, that's not so bad. But what do we do? What we tend to do is if we try something and it doesn't work, especially. Especially if there are feelings of embarrassment or fear or things like that, we try something and it doesn't work, then we bail. Think of a time that maybe even something that say, it's a little skill Maybe it's a cartwheel, maybe you've never done cartwheels before and you try to do a cartwheel and you try the first time and you have basically fallen your face or it looks horrible or whatever, and you try the second time, same kind of thing, and then we stop. So we haven't gone through the obstacle after obstacle and the fail after fail and continue to take action to get to that goal. And this could be a project at work or whatever, but here's where we get really kind of messed up in our heads is that there is what's called passive action. And there's all kinds of things that can fall into this category. And we can feel like we're doing something, but then we wonder why we're not getting to our goal. Because while we're doing these things, we're doing all this stuff and we're wondering why we're not getting to our goal. Maybe it's a weight loss goal, maybe it's a professional goal, maybe it is a sport goal. But we wonder why we're not getting there. Because we've been reading up on the thing and we've been listening to podcasts and we've been learning more and we've been checking our emails. All of that are forms of action, but they're passive action. It is like it would be the equivalent on that dentist appointment of me maybe making the appointment. There's some planning going on there. I did take some action, but it's not going to get me to that appointment if my goal is to get to that appointment. Making the plans for the appointment, calling the school for the getting my daughter out, booking the appointment, all of those things are good actions, but they're relatively passive actions. They're not going to get me to my goal of getting to that place. So planning when you're going to work out isn't the same as working out. Working out is the thing that's the massive action. Planning to work out would be the passive action. So those are just small examples. I'll give some other examples of passive action. The clear and key definition would be that it is action that doesn't get you closer to your actual destination. So that goal or whatever it happens to be so the destination of the dentist appointment. So it could be more. It's more along the lines of consumption. It might be more intellectual than action based. So it could be things that I mentioned before, maybe writing down ideas, maybe reading or listening to podcasts, maybe planning, maybe checking your emails. It feels like that might be important. To do, but it may not get your goal towards that massive project that needs planning in your workspace. So that is a key thing to distinguish. Is one getting you closer to your goal, the actual workout, or were you just planning the workout? Where is your massive action and where is your passive action? When you can distinguish how much time you're spending between these two zones and getting to your goal, then you're going to really understand what needs to happen in order for you to get there faster or have a higher likelihood of getting to your goal. Now remember, when we're taking massive action, one of the reasons we try to hide in passive action is because we're afraid of the failure. But remember that failure is necessary to get to the success. The obstacles and going over them, around them, through them, whatever it happens to be is necessary to get to the goal. The stoplights are going to happen. And if they didn't, then that goal probably wouldn't be worth attaining. So remember that there's going to be a setback and to recognize it as part of the action and part of the journey to get to the goal instead of being busy feeling bad or making yourself wrong or all of those things. When you recognize that, then it's much easier to fall and fail and do the things and still go forward in your massive action. And remember the definition of massive action, continuing to take action until you get to your destination, until you get to that goal. So, and of course that is not a linear path. It is a bumpy path. It might be a turny and a twisty path, but it is a path to get there. Just like that example to the dentist appointment. And it's not necessarily a linear path from point A to point B. It's not that bird's flying path. It is the turn here and the stop at the stoplight and turn there. That's how it's going to look when you are actually going for that goal. So remember, this can be applied to your sport goal, this can be applied to your family goal. This can be applied your work, your professional, your project that you have coming up, your physical, your weight loss, whatever it happens to be. Distinguish where are you spending your time, Passive action or massive action? If it's leaning into that passive action, chances are you may not be getting to that goal or it's going to take you a really freaking long time. So lean in towards that massive action. Remember, failure is going to happen and that's part of the process and you are going to be way more likely to get there. So I hope that little massive versus passive action can get you in a mindset that gets you going on the things you need to get going on today. This will be in our podcast and what else? I think that's about it for today. So next week we'll do another mindset. Monday and tomorrow will be Truth Bomb. So have a fantastic day, everyone, and I will see you soon.