Intention or Action? What's More Important to Unlock Results?
The answer to this question is easier than you think… Provided you understand the logic
Fundamental question: What's more important: Intention or action?
(This is a trick question)
Before I answer this question for you, let me ask you an alternative question:
What's more important? Your hands or your legs?
Or, if you were to choose one between your head or your heart, what would you select?
Do you see the absolute absurdity in these questions?
That's how vague and meaningless the "intention/ action" question is.
Imagine this... Can you ever fulfil your craving of wanting to eat a pizza, just by thinking about it?
Obviously not, you will have to go to your favourite pizzeria, place an order and relish every slice (if not every bite).
Similarly, would pizza remain just as special, if you were forced to eat pizza day in and day out, for all your meals?
Having intention with no action is building castles in air, and
Working on a project without a well-structured plan is bound to result in cacophony and chaos.
Just having the intention to achieve a goal is like wanting to get an Oscar without ever acting in front of the camera/ directing the movie.
You don't win awards for imagining the best movie (n)ever made.
Similarly, just because you manage to (magically) assemble the crew, the capital and the actors on location, you can't shoot a movie without the script.
Success is about striking a balance between intentions and actions.
You need to channelise your intentions towards fulfilling a predetermined goal and you need to invest all your energy of execution towards a well-planned project with a predetermined end result.
I hope you can now appreciate the example of how intention and action are as closely linked to hands and legs.
Technically, both play a mutually exclusive role and for the best results, you need to learn how to balance use of both in the right and necessary proportions.
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