Action – On a sheet of paper, draw a pyramid. This simple pyramid principle of success could save your business, career, financial plans – even your marriage.
Using 3 horizontal lines, divide the pyramid into 4 equal sections. Starting at the top, label the top section Action. The next one down, Attitude. Next is Acceptance and the section at the bottom of the pyramid should be labeled Awareness.
In a nutshell, this pyramid is a reflection of the natural process of every successful, or unsuccessful, outcome you have. If your bank account is not as full as you’d like, your marriage not as satisfying or your career not as inspiring, it is because you are mismanaging this pyramid.
When we notice something is not working as we would like, we tend to immediately go about fixing it through some type of action. But if that action isn’t yielding the result we want, we get confused, fed up or feel deflated. Or just start bashing away with other actions which gets us nowhere as well.
However, ineffective actions are usually the result of personal attitudes that suck! Which attitude do you need to upgrade, ditch, evolve or engage with to generate more effective actions?
If you struggle to uncover the attitude, what is it about yourself, the situation or another person that you haven’t accepted yet?
And if you cannot find acceptance or forgiveness in your heart, what belief or fear lurks inside YOU? The only way to discover the answer to that question is through self-awareness.
The key to all the results you get – good, bad or ugly – is self awareness. That is, your way of being in the world – who you are.
To properly utilize this pyramid, it is important to remember that when you find a problem at one level, always look BELOW it for the solution.