{"id":5314,"date":"2011-02-09T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2010-11-12T17:03:30","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T00:03:30","slug":"which-is-better-thought-or-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=5314","title":{"rendered":"Which is better, thought or action?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which is better, thought or action?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/evolution2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5317\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/evolution2-82x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> I\u2019ve heard that \u201cIt\u2019s the thought that counts\u201d.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve heard that \u201cAction speaks louder than words.\u201d<br \/>\nI\u2019ve heard that \u201cI think, therefore I am.\u201d<br \/>\nI\u2019ve heard that \u201cThe pen is mightier than the sword.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So \u2013 which is \u201cmore\u201d right?\u00a0 Which is more important, thought or action?<\/p>\n<p>Well, for me, it\u2019s similar to the chicken and egg.\u00a0 They are both equal and critical partners in this evolution we call life.<\/p>\n<p>Everything begins with a thought.\u00a0 Without thought there is no action.\u00a0 The idea of the action normally occurs to you before you execute it.\u00a0 Then your action begets a result.\u00a0 And the result normally stimulates a new desire or thought.\u00a0 Without action, there is no \u201cnew thought\u201d.\u00a0 We\u2019ll acquire similar thoughts\u2026because thinking does beget more thinking.\u00a0 But we would continue to think \u201cthe same\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s the action that brings exploration, growth, development to our circle.<\/p>\n<p><strong> There are some interesting caveats to the above theory as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts without action may leads to many interesting and theoretical discussions.\u00a0 But advances in technology and cultures did not end with the original theory.\u00a0 This leads us to the following summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoughts without action leaves one stagnant.<\/li>\n<li>Publicizing or articulating our \u201cthought of action\u201d to others then leads to commitments.<\/li>\n<li>Commitments without follow-through makes one undependable and insincere.<\/li>\n<li>Avoiding commitments (thoughts without taking responsibility) makes one useless to others and ignorable.<\/li>\n<li>Consistently executing (taking action upon) your commitments builds experience, knowledge and trustworthiness.\u00a0 (**Equation for Trustworthiness = Sincerity + Reliability + Competence)<\/li>\n<li>With skill come confidence, self-assurance, reliability, respectability and integrity.<\/li>\n<li>With self-confidence and experience, your imagination grows and you are able to have bigger thoughts.\u00a0 Bigger thoughts beget innovation and more breakthrough thinking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, it would follow that the evolution of a thoughtful modern man would be:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/evolution51.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/evolution52.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5318\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/evolution52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/evolution52.jpg 635w, https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/evolution52-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These aren&#8217;t easy steps or even sequential steps.\u00a0 Many cycles occur between and among the steps to achieve the integrity and innovation desired.\u00a0 But, as with any practiced skill, if they are done deliberately and on purpose, greater strides in our growth become not only easier but actually just the next natural step.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about these thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve heard that \u201cIt\u2019s the thought that counts\u201d.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve heard that \u201cAction speaks louder than words.\u201d<br \/>\nI\u2019ve heard that \u201cI think, therefore I am.\u201d<br \/>\nI\u2019ve heard that \u201cThe pen is mightier than the sword.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So \u2013 which is \u201cmore\u201d right?  Which is more important, thought or action?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1508,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,852,7,20,1,854,855,847],"tags":[195,39,33,64,110,623,1370],"class_list":["post-5314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","category-pmbok-process","category-goals","category-quality","category-miscellaneous","category-pmbok-process-planning","category-pmbok-process-executing","category-self-leadership","tag-accountability","tag-best-practices","tag-common-sense","tag-communication","tag-getting-things-done","tag-integrity","tag-leadership"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}