The Power of Action

Mindset Mastery with Deirdre Maguire

Understand the Types of Change

1. Instant Change: You see a documentary on animal cruelty and immediately stop eating meat.
2. Cumulative Change: Bit by bit, repeated actions add up. (Example: Learning a new language – you practice daily, and over time, fluency develops.

3.Retroactive Change:

You take action first, even if it’s small, and later see the progress. Example: Going to the gym without immediate results, but over months, tracking progress and seeing transformation.

2 Steps to Overcome Inaction:

1. Make It So Small You Can’t Fail

The biggest lie we tell ourselves is that a single action is too small to matter. But in reality, every big achievement starts with micro-movements. Instead of trying to ‘get fit,’ commit to one push-up. Instead of ‘writing a book,’ write a single sentence. Action builds momentum.

1. Measure What Matters

If you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it. Whether it’s

• steps walked,
• pages read,
• or conversations had, tracking your progress keeps you engaged.

Even ‘bad’ action teaches you something.

Examples

1. Colonel Sanders – Success in His 60s)

knocked on over 1,000 doors

Today KFC is a global brand,

started with small, persistent actions over decades.

2. J.K. Rowling Harry Potter – 7 Years of Writing, 12 Rejections

• single mother battling depression.

Now, 500 million copies worldwide,

started with consistent writing

• 3. James Dyson 5,126 Failed Prototypes – 15 Years to Success

revolutionary bagless vacuum cleaner.

• massive debt multiple failures,

now Dyson = a multi-billion-pound brand.

Closing Thought:

"Life rewards action, not intelligence.”

Discipline is necessary in our life in order to generate consistent systematic action.

The way you make massive progress in life is that you show up and try.

Even if the action is poor action, you're going to learn something from it.