Snehha ke Vichar: Is Working your Habit or Action?

Hello friends, welcome to yet another blog.

Today I want to share with you an amazing concept that I learned from my Mentor.

I started my entrepreneur journey a couple of years back.

When I thought of getting into a business, I was quite excited and at the same time a little scared about how things will happen. I had mixed emotions but one thing was clear I wanted to do something of my own where I will be able to create my identity.

When we take any new decision in life, we usually have such mixed emotions which was very normal.

I started with the business and I was learning a lot of new things.

It was a new world for me.

I was learning, implementing, making money, making mistakes again learning and so on.

This journey was no less than a roller coaster ride.

There were times when I enjoyed the ride, and there were times when I was really scared.

Meaning I tasted success and at times I failed miserably.

But my behaviour in both situations was different.

When I got success I would work more enthusiastically, however when I would face some challenges I would not work with the same enthusiasm.

Somehow I would find excuses for running away.

Hence, the outcomes in both situations were different.

My Mentor would notice this difference. So I decided to talk to my Mentor about it.

He simply asked me one question – “ Is working your habit or action?”

I was quite confused, I said: “habit no no action. I mean I do not know”.

On this, my mentor smiled and said “let me explain simplistically”.

You brush your teeth daily right? I said “yes of course”.

He said “does this process need’s your consciousness or does it happens unconsciously and effortlessly?”

I said “it’s an effortless activity”.

My mentor said “that means no one pushes you or forces you to do this activity, you do it daily no matter

what, right?”

I laughed for a second and said “of course I do it on my own daily without fail and I do not need anyone to tell

me if I need to brush my teeth”.

He said, “this is called a habit”.

Things that we do it daily, effortlessly and without any break are called habits.

But when we talk about actions, it needs your efforts.

We need to put in efforts to take any action.

However, they both are interrelated.

Once brushing teeth was also an action. Someone would force us to do it daily.

The constant action of brushing teeth became our habit, and over a while, it started happening effortlessly and unconsciously.

We need to put effort to take action daily until it becomes our habit. And once it becomes our habit, it happens unconsciously, irrespective of the situation and mood.

Same with work.

Being an entrepreneur, we are lucky to be our own boss, however we do not have a choice to not work.

The thing is we are so used to having someone bossing over us that we cannot be self-driven.

If you want to know how to turn Wishful thought into Action Plan read one more blog by clicking on this link : https://bloggersnehha09.blogspot.com/2021/11/wishful-thought-vs-action-plan.html

If you work happily when things are hunky-dory and do not work when you face any challenge. You will always go four steps ahead and come back two steps. Which will take you nowhere in your journey or might slow your journey.