Growing your business means doing more and more, and 
working harder and harder, doesn't it?  Well, certainly 
the "doing" and the "taking actions" are critical 
elements.  Without action being taken, your business 
will get nowhere fast.  There are also times when you 
need to stop taking action, sit back and do nothing.

I was reminded again of the need to do this recently.  
Having had a great holiday and lots of time off from my 
business, I was feeling very relaxed and raring to go.  
However, on this particular day I felt the need to do 
even less.  To do less was going against my logical 
thoughts of "You've taken enough time off, it's back to 
business now", "It would be lazy to do nothing in 
particular today" and "Just get on with it".  These 
logical thoughts battled for a while with the feeling 
that I just need to do very little at the moment.

Although the logical thoughts were winning, there was a 
tiny voice saying 'Trust yourself'.  Eventually I gave 
into this voice and found myself lying on the sofa 
listening to some light background music.  At first I 
was mulling over some business and personal items, but 
before long, I'd drifted into thinking about nothing in 
particular.  Once I'd let all my thoughts go and was in 
a half-awake half-asleep state, the ideas and insights 
poured out.  Wow, it was amazing how many there were 
and how quickly they were coming.  I had some 
incredible insights into some business items that I'd 
been pondering for a while, yet was unsure what I 
needed to do.  With the insights and ideas captured in 
writing, I was jumping up and down with excitement and 
inspiration.  I was feeling so inspired that nothing 
was going to stop me from taking the necessary actions.  
It's at this point that such actions really count 
because these enable you to grow your business 
dramatically.  

Actions taken because you think you've got to work 
harder and do more will get you somewhere, but it may 
be quite a slog.  Ideas and insights in isolation stay 
that way and will only exist in your mind if not acted 
upon.  So combine the two; ideas and insights plus 
inspired actions and you have a very powerful 
combination.  A combination that will make your 
business race ahead with a lot less struggle on your 
part.  

I've noticed through working with many people that 
they're either always busy doing lots and lots or they 
have great insights and ideas, but there often isn't 
the necessary mix.  Whichever way you're inclined to 
be, I invite you to consider what it would take to add 
at least some of the other component to get your 
business moving faster.