Do Not Confuse Misaligned Action With Paying Your Dues
A comedian friend was talking to me the other day about how tough it was when he started out. He had to work in the lower end clubs with very little pay.
Nowadays, he is well-respected and makes a good living doing his craft. I asked him why he stayed with it. Surely those early days weren’t fun. Did he feel inspired to go to work those nights?
His reply sums it up perfectly, “Inspired? Hell no! Motivated every night? No fucking way! But there was always my inner voice telling me that I am a comedian. My vision of becoming one never left.”
That is what inspired action is all about.
Almost every successful person has had to start from the bottom, but they all had an inner knowing that they were becoming the essence of what they wanted to be which carried them through on those days they felt uninspired.
The point is that there is a difference between uninspired action and misaligned action.
Misaligned action will never flow and is never efficient. All too often people become addicted to misaligned action. They become their struggle. They tell themselves things such as ‘life is a grind.’ or ‘time to rise and grind.’
Sure, there can be some temporary reward for misaligned action. It may be easy to offer advice to quit a job that is misaligned, but it may not be so easy to the person who is dependent upon the paycheck.
The important thing is to be able to tell the difference between aligned action and misaligned action and if you find yourself stuck in misaligned situations recognize it and begin taking steps to get yourself aligned beginning with a paradigm shift.
Misaligned action signifies that you are not on the path designed for you and will keep you in a state of ordinary existence. Not to mention all the stress and negative effects it can have on your physical and mental health.
Recognizing the difference between aligned and misaligned action is Game Changing!
--DS