Why You Can’t Talk Yourself Into Action

I used to make that mistake in the early days of my career. Forcing myslef to not feel, so that I could gain more control and potentially achieve what I wanted.

Turned out, I could achieve ANYTHING only after I put emotions into play. Mine and those of other people.

Because it’s hard to master your own emotions, but it’s even harder to be able to influence others’ emotions.

The right way.

You’ve been told to “be more rational.” To suppress your emotions.

But every decision you make is emotional.

Here’s what high performers understand that most people don’t:

Emotion is what makes us take action.

We don’t act because we know something.

We act because we feel something.

That feeling comes long before the action:

• You perceive a situation.

• You filter it through past beliefs.

• You assign meaning, safe or unsafe, good or bad.

• Then emotion kicks in.

Only after that does action happen.

This isn’t theory. It’s neuroscience.

And it’s why trying to force productivity with logic alone rarely works.

The shift?

Work with your emotions, not against them.

If you want to make progress, ask:

“What’s the emotion I need to feel to take this action?”

Start there.
Not with your to-do list.
Not with guilt.
Start with the emotion that fuels the behavior you want.

Try this today:
Before your next hard task, pause.
Ask yourself: “What would I feel if I had already finished this?”
Then generate that emotion first.
Then move.

That’s how achievers act on purpose.
They don’t wait for the right mood.
They manufacture it.

And that's how you can have a GUT time later ;)

Yana

P.S. If you need help to become a high performer, work with me