Inspired
Action:
An Amazing New Short-Cut to Make All Your Dreams Come
True
by Joe Vitale
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Ever since my latest book, "Spiritual Marketing," became a
#1
best-seller at Amazon last June, people have been writing me. Most of
the time people are just praising the book. Sometimes people have questions
about the five-step process in the book for creating wealth from the
inside out. By far the most common question is about step five, the
one called "Let go."
"But
what do I DO if I let go?" is the question I get the most. "If
I let go, don't I just sit there?"
What
I didn't fully explain in the book is that you usually still have to
do something to achieve your dreams. That something might be as little
as answering the phone. Or making a call. Or buying a book. Or joining
an association. Or answering an email. I have no idea what that action
will be for you regarding achieving your dream. But you usually have
to do
something, however small or large a step.
But
the magic answer to the question of what action to do next is this:
You
want to take what I call "Inspired Action."
Inspired
Action is any action you take based on an inside nudge.
In
other words, an Inspired Action is when you suddenly get a desire to
drive to the store. You may have no idea why you need to go to the store
right now. But something within you is urging you out the door. Follow
that hunch. It may lead you to your goal. At the store, you may meet
the right person. Or find the right product. Or pick up the right magazine
that will lead you to completing your dream.
For
example, in "Spiritual Marketing" I talk about how I managed
to get into Nightingale-Conant with my own tapeset, called "The
Power of Outrageous Marketing." I had tried to get Nightingale-Conant
to pay attention to me for over ten years. (Ten years!) Nothing I
did would ever work out. Yet I was doing all the "right things"
people said I should do---make calls, send letters, follow a plan
of action, etc.
Nope.
None of that ever worked.
So
I stopped all that planned action. I didn't stop wanting my goal of
being in the famous Nightingale-Conant catalog, of course, but I did
stop struggling to make it happen. I, in short, let go. I waited for
divine inspiration to tell me what to do next.
And
then one day I started to get emails from someone asking questions about
my book on P.T. Barnum, called "There's A Customer Born Every Minute."
My gut said to answer the questions. So my Inspired Action was simply
to write back to this stranger. That's what I felt guided to do.
I
did. And after three weeks of email exchanges, this man finally wrote
me an email that rocked my world. He said, "I appreciate all
you've done for me. If you ever want your material considered by Nightingale-Conant,
I am their senior marketing director. Just send your stuff to me."
I
still get goosebumps when I think of that email. That miracle occurred
not because of any planned action, but because of Inspired Action.
So
here's how to make Inspired Action work for you:
Step
One: As I explain in "Spiritual Marketing," set an intention.
An intention is your declaration
about your dream, or goal, that you want to be, do, or have. This is
your request of your subconscious, unconscious and universe itself.
The clearer your intention, the better your results. One of my intentions
was, "I intend to have a best-selling audiotape program with Nightingale-Conant."
Another was, "I intend for my 'Spiritual Marketing'
book to become a #1 best-seller at Amazon."
Step
Two: Follow your hunches. Listen to your intuition. If you get a desire
to make a plan of action, so be it. Do it. But if you get a desire
to go for a walk, or to watch television, or to surf the web, then
do that. You never know where your Inspired Action will take you,
but because you set an intention (step one), your intuition will find
a short-cut to your dreams.
Inspired
Action works because your ego can only see limited terrain while the
universe can see it all. Your ego might say, "Write a business
plan." But your intuition might see that that won't work in your
case and instead urge you to do something else, maybe even something
strange. Trust it. Inspired Action comes from the bigger
picture, which you can't always see until you've taken the actions you're
being inspired to take.
Finally,
the more you can quiet your mind, still your thoughts, and relax your
body, the more you will hear the inner voice nudging you in the direction
of your dreams.
When
it speaks, move.
Do
it and you'll find amazing new short-cuts direct to the fulfillment
of your stated desires. It's an easy path more fun, more relaxed, and
usually more profitable, than planned action and constant struggle.
Try
it and see.
**
Joe Vitale is author of way too many books to
list here, including the #1 best-selling book "Spiritual Marketing,"
the best-selling e-book "Hypnotic Writing," and the best-selling
Nightingale-Conant audioprogram, "The Power of Outrageous Marketing."
His main website is at http://www.mrfire.com