An astronomical amount of content is entirely too focused on motivation and inspiration.
You attend a conference where you listen to world renowned speakers, take notes, meet like minded people, and at the end, you acquire a soul satisfying level of inspiration and motivation. In that moment, you feel alive for the first time in months because in your spirit, you believe the world is your oyster. At the conference, you worked through pieces of your who, what, where, when, and why. After 24 hours, you’ve returned to your regular life with a scorching desire and energy to DO.
Let’s be honest, this lasts you a week… maybe even a few months if the flame was strong enough. After this desire clears, you’re back to repeating the same cycle that brought you to that “life changing conference” in the first place, so you do the same thing. You find another conference that is “the one”, become inspired, get burned out, rest, and repeat. Would you like to hear a harsh truth? You are always going to be running on this hamster wheel because it was not designed for you to get off. Your inner voice is right, something IS missing in your life.
The missing element is…
Your HOW!
You’ve been taught about who, but you have no idea HOW to reach them.
You’ve been taught about what, but you have no clue of HOW to take action.
You’ve been taught about where you should go, but you have no direction on HOW to get there.
You’ve been taught about when, but you have no idea of HOW to start the clock.
You’ve been taught about why, but you have no roadmap or HOW to use it.
The who, what, where, when, and why will keep you locked in the dismal chamber of dreamers.
To go from Dreamer to Doer, you need the HOW!
I’ll tell you another secret, it is not by accident that you haven’t learned about the how. When you attend these conferences, you’re paying for your mind and body to feel good. These speakers and events trigger the body’s production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain that determines how good you feel. However, dopamine is never constant, and if you rely on this to achieve, it is inevitable that you will become a slave to a feeling, like most dreamers.
At GSD, we aren’t here to motivate and inspire you. Motivation and inspiration are feelings, and feelings are fleeting; they come and go like the wind and are subject to external variations. We are here to teach you the HOW. The how is an internal anchor that is not swayed by emotions, circumstances, nor obstacles.
We are about action.
Action starts with asking the tough questions…
What are you going to do now?
What are you going to do next?
What are you going to do with those relationships and connections?
How can you use what you already have to get you where you are trying to go?
Actionable people have a doer mindset; with a doer mindset, you are no longer the person who meets a phenomenal individual, and after connecting on LinkedIn, you’ve ghosted each other. You won’t be the person who takes all the notes, purchases a million courses, listens to hours of audiobooks, but still haven’t started or scaled your business.
You will be an MVP slinging, number crunching, deck building, cold calling, action taking DOER!
Conference season is here once again and you have been warned!
Will you be a dreamer or a DOER?
by Georgie-Ann Geton © All rights reserved