Speaking is One Step From Action
July 27th, 2010 | Author: adminThere are four steps to action. They are…an idea, a thought, speaking, then action. This pattern works both for positive and negative situations. Sometimes people jump right into action because of circumstances, but generally the above steps occur.
What happens is someone says something like, why not take a look at that car, it really nice. Then you start thinking about it, how nice it would be to have a new car etc.. Next, you start talking about colors, styles, how a trip on the weekend would be, things like that. Finally, you go to the dealer and test drive the car, then make the purchase. This is how the human mind works.
Negative 4 Step Pattern
When sin gets hold of us, the seed idea starts much differently.
A small spark of misunderstanding or something gets under your skin that bothers you, this is the seed.
Then, you start thinking about it, it takes up more time in your mind and stirs up your feelings which creates anxiety.
You talk to friends about this thing that’s bothering you, you might consider this “getting it off your chest”, but it makes things worse.
You take action and confront the problem.
The Decision – What you have to decide upfront is, is this thing legitimate? How many times do we make a mountain out of a mole hill? How many times did we miss understand the whole thing to begin with? How many times did we let anger dictate how we reacted, what we were thinking and the improper actions we took.
This pattern leading to action can take place over months and even years. The point I want to make is, before you get to the thinking part of this action plan make sure you have the right facts.
Our feeling…emotions can get us into trouble both ways. We can buys things we can’t afford and we can do things that hurt others.
In many cases the action we take is not warranted, even not worth it, because no matter how sorry you are you cannot take it back.
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