I’ve been a contributor for years to a business publication in my area, Businessnorth. My current article is all about people who wanted to do something – and just did it – myself included!
Nike made such hay with their ad – Just Do it! It’s true. So often we spend so much time thinking about doing what we want to do that we never get around to doing it!
I have a process that I explore with my clients – dream, courage, action! You’ll see these words all over my Web site, startingfreshcoaching.com. Some people need help clarifying the dream or the direction they want to follow. Many need help with the courage it takes to pursue that direction. All of us need support for getting into action.
But the littlest actions can pay off. I’m in the process of interviewing subjects for my new book, Scrappy Startups, How 15 Ordinary Women Turned their Unique Ideas into Profitable Business. In my conversation with one of my subjects, I heard account after account of how when she stepped out and took some sort of action, even if it wasn’t the “right action,” time after time call it fate, the Universe or what, something was there to match her! It was uncanny!
Years ago, I wanted to have a radio show – so I marched over to the local public radio station and suggested to the director of the local station that I have a show to feature local projects and people in my area. It didn’t hurt that he had heard me on radio many times as a continuous guest on my friend, Jean Feraca’s radio program. (Today she hosts a show called Here on Earth - Radio without Borders)- great show!) . He agreed to give my idea a try. This was in the early ’90’s. My show ran several years – until I gave it up because I was traveling so much with my job.
I’ve wanted to get back into radio, but haven’t had the time or the inclination to go to a radio station to see what I could cook up. But now with Podcasting, it’s much easier to become one’s own radio station. 
So when a friend of mine started talking about creating a Podcast – we got into action. We recorded segments about our favorite subject, books! We chose the first book we wanted to talk about – Jack Canfield and Gay Hendrick’s book, You’ve Got to Read this Book: 55 People Tell the Story of the Book That Changed Their Life! It’s really a great book – chock full of inspiring stories!
I posted our first Podcast segment on itunes – should be up there any day. But if you’d like instant gratification, you could listen to our Podcast right here – here’s the link:
Certified Bookaholics Podcast (If you want to listen to this, double click on the Certified Bookaholics Podcast link and open up a window where the podcast link is found.)
What’s something you’ve been thinking about – no longing about doing that you could get into action about? I challenge you to take some steps towards it – can’t help it – I’m a coach – that’s what coaches do – get people into action!
That reminds me – I have a client who was single and thinking about going on a cruise. I challenged her to book it. Now she’s celebrating her second anniversary with the wonderful man she met on the cruise!
So for your own sake – take some action – TODAY!!!
