When talking is a waste of time and energy

Today's writing challenge:
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know I. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I once received a fortune cookie that read: “Speak less of your plans, you’ll get more done.” What’s one project that you’ve been sitting on and thinking about but haven’t made progress on? What’s stopping you? What would happen if you actually went for it and did it?
(Author: Laura Kimball)

I read once that talking about your plans has the same effect in your mind as actually accomplishing your plan, which can spell disaster.  In other words, if you tell people about your plan, your mind thinks the plan has actually been implemented, so you lose your motivation to realize it.

Often, when I have something really big I want to do, I don't say much about it until I'm ready to take action on it, or have already begun to act on it.  In doing so, I keep the momentum to work on the plan, realize the plan, see it to fruition.  It's not real to me yet, in part, because I have not talked to others about it. 

What this means is that sometimes I surprise people.  My actions seem impulsive.  But there is almost nothing impulsive about me. I am pretty decisive, but almost never impulsive.  I like to think I just plug away at a good idea until I get close to accomplishing it, then I reveal it.  But I've been working on it all along. 

Do you talk too much about your ideas, never putting them into action?  Don't trick your mind by talking through things too much.  Keep your dialog internal, or share with a close friend, or journal about it, but keep channeling your energy into the realization of the project rather than expending it talking about the project.

When I presented the idea for Sacred Tapestry to the Dir. of New Church Development, I had not talked to anyone about it, and yet, it was a very fully developed concept.  The very first time I talked about it, I had already visioned it and worked through the details.  By doing this, my presentation was decisive, well thought out, and complete.  All that I needed to do once I got approval was to launch!

I'm working on some new ideas even now, but I won't talk about any of it yet.  So hold on!  Some new things, big things, may well roll out in the next year to 18 months.  And don't think I'm impulsive.  I've been working on it all along. 

Are you talking too much and doing too little to make your dreams a reality? Stop talking and start doing~

Cheers!
Teresa