“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” ~ Christopher Reeve
Making any change in your business is all about taking action. The top 1% leverage the compound effect by taking small steps to win the day.
Action verbs in your purpose statement can be helpful in taking daily action, like this one:
“To inspire and guide myself and others to create a fulfilling and hopeful future for themselves and others. My activities, intentions, and goals emerge from this basic purpose.”
I love inspiring, guiding, and finding hope in the chaos.
Small Steps, Big Results
The compound effect is simple: small, smart choices, repeated consistently over time, produce big results. One extra conversation a day is about 250 more a year. One handwritten note a day is 250 past-client touches. None of it looks like much on a Tuesday. All of it shows up in December.
Put Your Purpose to Work
A purpose statement with action verbs gives you a filter for the day. Mine starts with inspire and guide. When I’m deciding what to do next, I ask which choice lets me do more of that.
- Write your purpose in one or two sentences.
- Circle the verbs.
- Pick one small action today that lives out each verb.
Change rarely comes from one big decision. It comes from the small ones you keep making.
What action verbs inspire you?
Framework: This post is part of Action Produces Data, the coaching framework for consistent production: take the next right action, track it and let the results, not opinions, guide what you do next.
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