Acta. Non Verba

🎯 Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Oh ya. Sure. We all know that. Thanks for sharing THAT special nugget, Eric. After that blinding flash of the obvious, what's next: a bird in the hand?! 🐦✋

🤔 KEEP TALKING

So actions speak louder than words - have you ever considered which words?

For many, "words" mean the words we say. The ones we speak. The ones that come out of the mouth part of our face. 😆👄

And yet, most words we experience are the ones that run through our head all day long. 🧠💭 Our thoughts. They're the words you're hearing as you read this right now.

💡THINK ABOUT IT

There's a reason we have so many thoughts. With 86 billion neurons and more than 100 trillion connections, the human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. 🌌🧠

Thoughts are super important. They shape our inner experience, offer ways to make meaning and vernacular to express spirituality. 🕊️💭 Thoughts provide currency for learning in social and cultural contexts through conversation with the self-actualized other. 👥 Without thought, there would be no way for us to convert sensory and symbolic experience into knowledge through embodiment and reflection. 📚

And yet...

As powerful and prerequisite as thoughts are - in order to make impact - action is needed. ⚡

🚀 JUST DO IT

The tricky part: thinking can often FEEL like action because a lot of our brain can't tell the difference between thought and reality. 🎮🤯

It's why we can get so wrapped up in books, tv shows, movies, video games, virtual reality. TikTok and Pokémon Go at 3 am. 📖🎬🎮 It's also why visualization about an action before taking that action is such an effective way to improve performance. 🏅✨

However, as important as thinking is - if that's all we do...it's no bueno, amigo. 🙅‍♂️

Thought without action is like...

✉️ A letter never mailed 

🍽️ A meal never eaten

📖 A book never read

🎵 A song never heard

💔 Love never spoken

🐕 LET THE BIG DOG EAT

You know all those fantastic ideas and thoughts you have? Get into the habit of putting more of them into ACTION. 💪💡

Sure - think about it (not too long) and then ACT. 🏃‍♂️💨

Pay special attention to thoughts that seem most improbable and unorthodox. 🤯 Those will the be easiest to dismiss and, very likely, the ones that will have the biggest impact when put into action. 💥

ACT. Because unless you do - your fantastic thoughts will be lost to the world. Forever. Gone. Zippo. Poof. Nada. Like they never even happened. 🌬️🚫

Look forward to seeing you in action! 👊 Eric