Greatest Hits Vol. 6 - Commitment & Massive Action

<p><i>This week, I’m hard at work studying for my post-doctorate certification from my amazing condo in Hawaii. But trust me… even though I feel like I’m livin’ the life on a tiny piece of paradise, the current events in the world and here in the U.S. are fresh in my mind. Especially since the beginning of the week was July 4th… a day that is supposed to represent freedom and equality.</i></p><p><i>Anyway, all of this has inspired me to bring back one of my Greatest Hits about massive action vs passive action and how that all relates to commitment… because if you’re like me, you’re definitely wondering how the heck you can take rebellious action to help those who are being oppressed and yourself.</i></p><p>First, a few brief definitions – massive action is keeping on taking action until you achieve your goal. No matter what. And massive action also produces a result – it’s not just <i>thinking </i>about something, for example. </p><p>With passive action, you’re doing something but not creating a result. So, you might be reading or learning or studying – which feels really good. It’s <i>like </i>you’re doing something, but not in a massive action sense because you haven’t created a result.</p><p>So another way to compare the two is massive action is creating and passive action is consuming…taking IN information, or consuming your own thoughts about something (aka “thinking” about it).</p><p>As some of you know, I used to be an international climbing guide, taking people up mountains in the Himalayas and all over the world – actually <i>climbing </i>not just hiking.</p><p>When you’re going up a mountain, massive action is relatively easy to take, because the circumstances sort of force you to do it. For example, you have to get to the top, because the descent starts there and to retreat from where you are would be totally unsafe or take four times as long. So even though you’re scared, or your knees are bleeding and bruised, or you can’t feel your hands, feet, or your face because it’s so cold, you keep going.</p><