🚢 The Importance of Taking Action

The Sunday Night Review

I often talk about the importance of ‘taking action’ in this newsletter or on YouTube, but I’ve had a small epiphany about it this week.

When I say take action I generally mean actually doing something rather than just thinking about something. 

It could be starting a new hobby that you’ve been thinking of starting, saying something that you’ve been thinking of saying or creating something you’ve been thinking about creating.

Essentially, anything that takes a thought and brings it into reality.

But most of us waste so much time thinking about things we want to do, and not just doing them.

I’ve wasted years not writing or making videos about things that I wanted to share because I’ve been worried about the consequences. What if I’m no good? What if I fail? What if someone doesn’t like them? 

It’s so tempting to let that fear hold us back, but it’s the biggest mistake we can make.

Action helps you learn more about whatever it is you want to do. Maybe you are good, maybe you won’t fail, maybe it doesn’t matter if people don’t like what you’re doing.

But there’s something I’ve been underestimating about taking action that’s helped me understand why it’s so important.

It’s that you can’t steer a stationary ship 🚢

Defaulting to action instead of thinking isn’t just necessary for getting you moving, it’s necessary to help you direct yourself.

You can’t steer yourself towards things you want if you aren’t moving.

I’ve been struggling to find a fitness routine since I left university and stopped regular sport. I’ve tried gyms but I always find them a bit depressing.

But a few months ago I decided to try this outdoor park gym. The ones that are essentially just bars at different heights and a whole load of callisthenic bros. And I love it. 

I had a goal this year to become someone who looked after their health and exercised regularly, and so I signed up to a gym in February (I wanted to avoid the January hype), but I just couldn’t bring myself to stick to it. There was too much friction.

But because I knew I had to keep trying stuff until I found something that stuck (for now at least lol), I tried the park gym.

Momentum is so valuable. It’s why I try to stay so consistent with this email. If I have to keep doing it, I’ll either get bored of one format or I’ll change it.

Over time, it’s iterated towards something that‘s fun for me to write, doesn’t take too long, and has potential to grow. 

So the lesson here is persistent action + iteration = answer to most of your problems.

Have an epic week!

Tintin 👨‍💻

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