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Going Beyond The Motion, Take Action !
Some of the readers here might know, that I’ve always find inspirations from articles, books or conversations that I came across.
Just not long ago, I was reading Atomic Habits by James Clear and one of the many valuable lessons that he pointed out was the differences between action and motion.
As I recall back on the differences and purpose behind them, I am guilty of stopping just at the motion, never putting my motions into actions. I used the motion as a pill that I swallow, hiding away from my day to day true self, to feel productive and satisfied. What seemed to be moving forward were merely an illusion. The real thing that was moving forward was just the seconds and minutes hands on the clock.
Differences Between Motion And Action
So what are the differences between the two?
As James shared, Motion can be your plans, your ideas that you have for a project or a work. Action on the other hand is the true work that you put in. It produces the real results. In his book, and also a blog posts that I will be sharing below, he gave a few examples such as
1- If we outline 20 ideas for an article, that is just motion, we actually have not make any real progress until we truly write and publish it.
