Massive action sounds like it’s excessive action.
But it’s usually not.
Massive action is taking action until you achieve your goal.
It can be slow or fast.
But the hallmark of massive action is that you keep going until you get where you want to go.
Most people take action when they try to fix their money problems.
They create budgets.
They consolidate their loans.
They look at price tags.
Because they want to change their money situation so much, they become a blur of activity.
And that can be good.
But it doesn’t change the underlying thing that got their money out of whack.
Their thinking.
It takes changing what you believe about money to feel abundant.
It takes changing your thinking from, “I might lose it all” to “I can create as much money as I want.”
And that takes practice.
It takes practice to change your feelings of scarcity to confidence.
It takes trying a lot of things and readjusting.
And then readjusting again.
And again.
Without massive action you don’t stick to the budget.
You don’t make the budget an extension of yourself.
And you throw in the towel because obviously this budget or program doesn’t work.
Which isn’t true.
Most budgets or programs work.
You just haven’t taken massive action.
You haven’t kept going until you achieve your goal.
A change in spending and saving doesn’t happen on the first try.
And it’s different for different people.
And it doesn’t have to hurt.
But it may take ten tries to find the kind of change that works for you.
You will get to that place of abundance.
But massive action is necessary for the journey.
Outcomes you try to force are rarely as good as the outcomes that happen naturally.
Take dating. Being overeager can sabotage a date.
If you go out with someone who talks about buying a house together on the first date, it’s a bit of a turnoff.
To get the outcome you want, the secret is setting an intention and letting the universe handle the details.
When you decide what you want and set an intention, you will consciously do things to try to make it happen. You do this all the time. If you want to make a friend you introduce yourself and talk to them.
The second thing that happens when you set an intention is you release the power of your unconscious mind on the task. If you want to make a friend, you unconsciously mirror that person’s body language. You have a smile on your face when you greet them. You lean in when they talk.
You don’t even think about these things. They are your unconscious mind trying to stay aligned with your wants.
Sometimes when you try too hard, you end up pushing away the thing you want most.
We’ve all encountered the overeager salesman who drives us out of the store rather than making shopping a delight.
Trying too hard to get a job can make you seem too needy and like less of a “catch”. It works the other way too. If you apply for a job that seems like anyone could have it, it may not seem quite as sweet.
How do you create the outcome you want?
Deciding what you truly want gives a set of instructions to the conscious and unconscious parts of your mind and whatever universal powers you believe in to bring you your heart’s desire.
It works with all types of things you might want… money, relationships, weight loss… you name it.
Go ahead – throw out an intention and don’t sweat the small stuff.
The universe will handle the details.
I never used to curse. I always thought that people who swore just hadn’t put enough thought into articulating exactly what they felt.
It was an easy way out.
It was inefficient.
I simply had no desire to curse.
Then I had children.
I thought I shouldn’t swear in front of a child. If I say a curse word they would repeat that in pubic places until Child Protective Services came and slapped the handcuffs on me.
I shouldn’t swear.
Which is exactly why I was suddenly dying to do it!
I already had a lot of other parenting restrictions in my head,
like do not watch violent TV in front of the children.
No sex in front of the children.
Be patient.
Make them healthy food.
Read them stories at bedtime.
Bathe them regularly.
Don’t yell.
I was basically not allowed to do most things adults do.
So many rules!
So much restriction (coupled with sleep deprivation).
I wanted to curse, damn it.
So I would go away for weekends with my girlfriends and swear like a sailor. And by swear like a sailor, I mean use the word shit once, and damn twice.
I was such a badass!!!
This is how resistance works when you are trying to manage your money too.
If you are in your head, keeping track of all the things you shouldn’t buy, you rebel.
When you think about depriving yourself, you feel deprived.
So, instead, I am keeping track of all the things I do have in my life.
A beautiful house.
A hunky husband.
Truly good kids.
A career I love.
Big trees right outside my window.
Owls that hoot in the twilight part of evening.
Fresh clean air to breath.
Electricity to give us light.
A refrigerator to keep my food cool.
I still sprinkle in some cursing from time to time (and giggle like a school girl) but I have ditched restrictive budgets.
And that, my friends, is f*cking awesome.