Often, the best way to get moving and start acting is to unbalance yourself. Many people are apprehensive when the time comes for action, when the project needs to be put into practice. They know they risk finding themselves with a project that's well thought out and looks great on paper, but unable to successfully take the practical steps needed to transform their vision into a reality. At one point on the Ticket for Change Tour, we were in Lyon, and as they embarked on this "moving into action" phase, some participants were seized by doubts, and began asking themselves existential questions about their projects. Now that's a part of the process, but it can have the effect of taking the wind out of your sails and stifling the momentum that enables you to take practical action. Remember, the body and mind are as one and the only things that will enable you to jump into action, are the movements of your own body. During my time accompanying different groups and people, I've observed three dynamics that appear when the time comes to start taking concrete action. First, some people understand that the body and mind are as one and take account of the physical aspect right from the very start, by constantly going back and forth between 'doing' and 'conceptualising'. They actually conceptualise as they go along, so there's no problem, no difficult transition from thought to action, but rather a continuity. Second, the objective can be so powerful and clear that it literally draws you towards it. In this case, there's no painful transition to action here either, but a strong attraction, even an impatience to get moving. Third, the person can be faced with their objective, with their project under their arm but no dynamic, no momentum, and they can't move on. In this case, often the best way to start taking action is to unbalance yourself. If that third scenario applies to you, then I suggest doing something that I call "brain hacking". The aim is to trust in your body rather than your mind at that point, by allowing it to move faster than your head and to carry you past your fears and mental blocks. It's quite simple. Stand in the middle of the room you're in right now. Plant your feet firmly on the ground and pick a direction in the room, for example this way. As you point in this direction, you tip yourself that way, like this! Look at what happens if I unbalance myself, straight away my feet take over. So I do the same thing again, I tip myself in this direction, then pick another place in the room. I unbalance myself and go looking in that direction, and again, in this direction, and I can do this as many times as I need to, from the moment I've picked another part of the room. I move into that space,
I unbalance myself and there! The goal is to learn to throw yourself off balance, using your body to move into action. You always start walking by moving your centre of balance, and it's that movement that will get your project up and running.