555 - What is Action Faking?
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we take a look at Action Faking.
Learn more about The Consistency Code: http://consistencycourse.com
What is Action Faking?
"Action-Faking: when you take solitary and/or uncommitted action that is NOT part of a bigger process
For the aspiring entrepreneur who wants to get rich, be his own boss, and blah blah blah, "action-faking" is ordering cards from Vistaprint." - MJ Demarco, Millionaire Fastlane
- Action faking is all the stuff we do that makes us feel good about our progress without actually making any meaningful progress.
What does Action Faking Look Like?
Fitness
- Getting a gym membership but not going to the gym
- Buying exercise equipment but not using it
- Reading articles on the best shoes for running or the best running form but not running
Nutrition
- Planning your entire week of meals but not prepping them
- Reading about the best diets
- Getting a free nutrition consultation but not hiring the nutritionist
Finances
- Setting up a savings account but not setting up automatic transfers
- Reading books on how to save but not taking action
Mental Health
- Learning about meditation but not meditating
Career
- Creating your 5 year plan
Relationships
- Swiping left and right on an app, going on dates, but never being willing to commit.
Why do we Action Fake?
- It feels like progress
- It doesn't require risk
- It's a good starting point
How to stop Action Faking
- Plan your first real action and schedule it
- Utilize accountability to get started
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/whats-an-action-fake-action-faking.92039/
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| 0:00.0 | In this is tiny leaps, |
| 0:02.0 | we take a look at action faking. |
| 0:05.0 | Get excited because this is tiny leaps. |
| 0:10.0 | Big Change. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps. |
| 0:19.0 | Big Changes where I share simple strategies you can use to get |
| 0:26.7 | more out of your life my name is Greg Klunis and in today's episode we are |
| 0:31.5 | looking at a topic that I think we're all guilty of. |
| 0:36.0 | It's sort of a natural approach to trying to change our lives whenever we decide, okay, we want to accomplish this goal, we want to do this thing. |
| 0:44.4 | It's really easy to start out the wrong way and start out by doing today's topic, |
| 0:51.6 | but it's something that I've never really heard a name for until recently, so I want to do a dive into it, see what it looks like, and get a better understanding of what we can do to avoid it. |
| 1:02.0 | So I am talking today about action faking and |
| 1:06.0 | we're gonna have a wonderful conversation on that topic. Now before we jump |
| 1:10.5 | into today's episode I want to tell you about something I've been working on. |
| 1:15.6 | So are you struggling to take consistent daily action towards your goals or maybe you feel like |
| 1:22.1 | you're always starting over from scratch. |
| 1:25.0 | The truth is I get it. |
| 1:26.0 | There's nothing more frustrating than taking the time to identify your goal |
| 1:30.0 | only to wake up 30 days later having abandoned the goal with nothing to show for it. |
| 1:35.4 | I've gone through this exact process myself and I've come to realize that there's one main reason |
| 1:40.8 | why people don't achieve the goals that they set. |
| 1:43.4 | Inside my new course the consistency code, I'm going to teach you exactly what that reason |
| 1:48.8 | is and what you can do about it. |
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