Action Driven Living

Table Of Contents
Chapter 1:
Purpose-Driven Living and Action-Driven Living
Chapter 2:
Action Needn‟t Be Physical All the Time
Chapter 3:
The Purposes in Your Life – Purposes Vs Aspirations
Chapter 4:
Turning Aspirations into Purposes – Setting Milestones
Chapter 5:
Turning Purposes into Achievement – Seeking Goals
Chapter 6:
“I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
Chapter 7:
Effectual Mechanics – Sifting through the Dust
Chapter 8:
The Difference between Living and Existing
Chapter 9:
What Shouldn‟t Faze You
Chapter 10:
Never Giving Up!
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Introduction
Network marketing is not the same old routine it was in the Baby Boomers’ generation. Several things have changed. Things like door-to-door calls, cold calling, etc. are just passé. Today, network marketing has gone online in a very large way.
Here, in this eBook, we shall see how people have taken network marketing ahead and what you can do to realize its full potential.
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Chapter 1:
Purpose-Driven Living and Action-Driven Living
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Summary
People are divided into two categories on the basis of what they do to achieve their success in their lives. They are either purpose-driven or action-driven.
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Purpose-Driven Living and Action-Driven Living
The whole world can be divided into two types of people. We are speaking of the achievers here – but with achievement we don‟t refer to those who have become multimillionaires or beyond! We are speaking about ordinary people who achieve the usual things in life. Such people can be divided into two groups – those who carry on in a purpose-driven manner and those who carry on in an action-driven manner. At the end of it all, it doesn‟t really matter which side of the fence you are sitting on. Both these are paths to success.
When you are living in a purpose-driven manner, you are streamlining your line so as to achieve specific purposes in life. You set your goals and these goals become the be-all-and-end-all of your life. All your efforts are dedicated toward achieving these goals. You might want to do that in the short term or in the long term, but most of the efforts in your life are targeted at attaining those objectives.
People who live an action oriented life do things in a different manner. They do set goals as well, but for them it is not the product but the process that‟s more important. They plan their processes for the sake of carrying out their processes. They are quite dedicated in what they do. Though it will make them quite happy to achieve what they are looking for, it is the journey that interests them more than the destination.
For example, if your purpose in life is to become a millionaire, and everything that you do and plan is toward achieving that goal, you are living a purpose-driven life. For you, it doesn‟t matter what you do to reach there. Your activities in life are just a means to the end. But, if you are action-driven, what you do to become a millionaire will really matter to you. You will be completely engrossed in the things you pursue to reach the goal. You might learn something to reach there. You might start a business. You might network with people. When you areliving an action-oriented life, these things matter to you more than actually reaching your goal of becoming a millionaire.
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Chapter 2:
Action Needn‟t Be Physical All the Time
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Summary
It is quite erroneous to assume that action is only what we do physically.
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Action Needn’t Be Physical All the Time
Action Needn‟t Be Physical All the Time
People have a very wrong notion about action. The word action has got a very Hollywood-esque meaning for most people. For them, action needs to be physical. So if you say someone is performing some action, it usually means that that person is doing something with hands or feet or whatever. The sad part about this is that people don‟t take the mind into account. What we really need to remember here is that a lot of action starts in the mind. And a lot of it ends in the mind as well.
Yes, thinking is as good an action as any.
Your thinking can come in various ways. Your planning, for example, is an action-oriented activity. You are thinking. You are using the channels of your brain. This is serious work!
So, with anything that you take up, you aren‟t beginning to work only when you start it physically. It begins right when you start thinking about it. Nowadays, we speak a lot about the power of thought, about how thought can make things happen. If you think about something hard, you are predisposing yourself into doing things that way. For example, if you think highly optimistically about buying a new car, you are very likely...