Misaligned Action

Do not confuse misaligned action with paying your dues. A comedian friend was talking to me about how tough it was when he started out. He had to work in all the lower-end clubs with very little pay. 

Now, 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 f-ing way! But there was always my inner voice telling me that I am a comedian. My vision of becoming one never left.” 

That is a perfect example of what inspired action is. 

Every extraordinary person must start from somewhere, but they all have an inner knowing that they are becoming the essence of what they want to be which carries them through on the days they feel 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 actions. 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 to misaligned action. It is easy to tell someone to quit a job that is misaligned, but it may not be so easy for 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 rarely leads to fulfillment.

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