Inertia is a powerful force.”
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“Newton’s First Law about inertia states “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion”. ”
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“When I was leaving my PhD program in physics, I told a friend that I was considering taking a few months off to figure out what to do next. He told me that was a stupid idea because thinking would not help me figure out what I wanted to do; I could only learn what I liked by actually doing things. This was great advice, and led me to a wide-ranging and interesting career. ”
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“I applied this to a client who was wondering what to do next. I used inertia to suggest that choosing the perfect next step was less important than taking a step, any step. As long as they were thinking, they weren’t learning, but taking a step would get them moving, which might lead to other steps and build some momentum. ”
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“So what step can you take this week to get moving on something you want to? Can you flip inertia to work for you in keeping you moving, rather than keeping you stationary?”
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“P.S. I feel weird posting about personal development with the current US political chaos, and yet I also want to keep my posting momentum going. The lesson of inertia can also be applied to politics, but I’ll save that for my personal journal :)”
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