Taking Action

by Marc-Andre
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

This has to be the most important secret I can teach you! When you learn to utilize this secret to your advantage you’ll be able to accomplish anything you want in life.

A lot of people don’t realise how taking action is part of their daily lives. It’s basically found in everything you do… When you get up in the morning, you’re taking action. When you walk over to the bathroom, you’re also taking action. When you brush your teeth, you guessed it, you’re taking action. And these actions that you take can go on and on for the whole day. The reason we don’t realize this is because we have formed a habit of doing them.

And I can guarantee that these actions you have taken for so many years are not doing anything for you. Why? Because you are stuck in a cycle. You have programmed yourself to constantly do those actions robotically and methodically and you wonder why other people have success in their lives and you don’t.

But what you need to do in order to find success in your life is to start by taking precise action to achieve the goals that you set out for yourself. As you probably guessed by reading that last phrase, setting goals is another secret. I’ll discuss this in a later article.

Now, let’s look at an example: if your goal is to run a marathon, then the actions that you need to take have to be specifically related to that goal. Some of the actions that you may take include: Running three times a week for 30 mins, stretching, weight training etc. But these actions cannot be done automatically; you must make a CONSCIOUS effort. That is what makes the difference.

Another example would be investing in real estate since we see lots of shows about that on TV. Here’s a quick list of some of the actions that you would take to find success: searching for viable properties, considering which properties would be best for your system, making an offer, closing the offer with a lawyer, finding a tenant, etc.

You see, success is directly related to the action you take toward a specific goal that you have.

But the most important thing about taking action is taking action on taking action. I hope I didn’t confuse you. But allow me to explain. When you decide to take action you’ve accomplished the very first step which is very good but in reality this is the second most critical part. The most critical part is actually doing what you said you were going to do.

Now when it comes to “the most critical part”, a lot of people have the same excuses. Right from the start they give themselves a reason why they can’t be successful. And I hear the same ones time and time again. The two most popular excuses are: I don’t have time or I don’t have any money!

That’s when I ask them specific questions related to the goal that they may have. Questions like: “so why don’t you wake up 30 mins earlier in the morning to go and run?” or “Why don’t you look for some investors to help you purchase a property?”

When I listen to their answers, I always hear more excuses. And that tells me that these people are not ready to find success. Even though they say they want to accomplish a particular goal, deep down they don’t want to take action to actually find success.

Things in life don’t just happen; the great physicist Sir Isaac Newton once said: “for each action there is an equal re-action”. This rule also applies in the opposite direction. Tell yourself: “When I do nothing, nothing happens” (action = doing nothing, re-action = nothing happens)

After reading this I hope that you can really understand the meaning of “Actions speaks louder then words”

So the next time you feel that you are not finding success in your life, ask yourself “what specific action am I taking towards accomplishing my goals”

CHEERS TO YOUR LIFE!

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Marc-Andre Terriault Bio

Marc-Andre Terriault, who is part of the Y generation is known for asking tough questions in order to find the answers for success in life. He has a college degree in Business Administration and has also spent lots of time and money educating himself in the real world.

As a real estate investor, Marc-Andre has discovered six secrets that anyone can follow in order to find success in their lives, whatever their definition of success may be. That’s one of the biggest reasons why he wrote his e-book titled “It Starts Here: Discover How You Can Find Success in Your Life.” He wants to make sure that he reaches as many people as he can in order to help them find what he calls their “road map to success.”

He loves to learn the accomplishments of successful people and educating others about how they too can obtain the same success