NLP coaching tip - Massive action by Paul Lemberg.

What does it take to move mountains?
Faith, persistence, and the biggest shovel you can handle.

In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill says the surest way to grow rich is to have faith. But, he says, faith by itself will yield nothing. The secret is to have "...faith backed by action. Action, action, action."

This section is about massive action. Action, action, action. The surest way to get a lot done is to do a lot. Plan to do much more than you think is necessary for the accomplishment of your goals, then do it. Over plan everything. Over execute everything.

This approach guarantees your success.

If you think one hundred sales calls will get you there, make two hundred. Make a thousand. If you need three new ideas, don't stop until you have come up with ten. If you are writing five pages a day in your book, make it six, or seven. Make it ten. Twenty.

The least effort formula for success is: However much you are currently doing, do at least one more.

The payoff of massive action is easy to see in sports and the arts. The greatest basketball players spend the most time in practice. The greatest violinists play scales for hours on end. The greatest painters are often the most prolific.

This approach will give you tremendous results when you are launching a new venture. Massive action is an effective way to generate early momentum, and early momentum has a huge multiplier effect on your total results. Massive Action is also great when you are in a slump, when your results are down. Shift into high gear. Invoke the ten-to-one rule.

Commit yourself to massive action.

The most effort formula for success is: Put in at least 10 times the effort you think it should take.

You'll often hear that you should work smarter, not harder.

For truly outrageous results, why not do both?

Massive action = powerful results.


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