Take the Next Step, Again and Again

A few years ago, I spoke in front of a small audience at an event called, “Passion Into Profits”. This event focused on. You guessed it. Turning personal passions into profitable ventures.

I had just finished relaying my story about making the film, "The Tapping Solution" and what an outrageous and incredible journey that had been. I was emphasizing the point that during the process I used EFT with every new challenge that came up. With every new frustration, and every setback that normally would leave me feeling powerless and stuck, I tapped.

If I hadn't had tapping available to me through the process of making the film, there would have been countless points along the way where I might have simply stopped, given up, or gone in the wrong direction.

I also focused my talk on only looking at “the next step”, whatever was directly in front of me and needed to be accomplished next to move the project forward.

When I came up with the idea of making the movie, my first question was, “Who can I get to join and support me in this vision?” The next question was, “What kind of equipment do we need to film a movie?” I then took the necessary actions to answer this question and continued to move the project forward.

I wasn’t clear enough on the importance of this, because the first question from the audience completely ignored the 'Next Step' philosophy!

A lady came to the mic and said, “I see that you’ve been able to create a physical DVD and I want to do the same thing with a physical CD. Can you tell me how you were able to get that created? Because I’ve never made a CD before and I don’t know how to create it, what vendors to use, etc.”

I replied, “Sure, I’m happy to help. So you have all the content ready for the CD and now you just need someone to create it?”

“No, I’m working on the script for the CD now…I haven’t finished that yet, but I’m worried about getting the CD made.”

Can you guess what my reply was? That’s not the next step! The next step is to work on the script, the next step is to record the CD, the next step is to do the artwork for the CD, not the step she was jumping to.

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She felt stuck because she focused on something farther down in her project.

I see this happen again and again with any goal, vision, or dream, whether it's launching a new project or finding solid ground again with tapping for job loss and the fear of what's next.

It’s important to see the end goal, the grand theme, the big vision, but once you see that clearly, then you just have to take the next step in front of you.

What’s amazing about using EFT is that it works on addressing just the next step, or the next obstacle. Choose to focus on what’s in front of you right now!

You can begin with tapping phrases like…

Even though I’m overwhelmed by all the project tasks or needs…
Even though I’m not sure what to do next…
Even though I don’t feel confident that I can figure out how to get this done…
Even though I’m out of my league and don’t know what I’m doing…

The lady who asked me that question could have even tapped on, “Even though I don’t know how to make the CD and I’m overwhelmed” etc. Once she did that, she could see that everything is OK and she just needs to focus on the next step.

Tapping diminishes the “noise” that surrounds us and increases the mental, emotional, and even physical responses we produce when faced with life challenges.

Goals, visions, and dreams are complicated by our rapidly moving lives. The speed of email, constant interruptions, etc. Can be too much and paralyze us.

Here's a great Tapping Meditation from our Tapping Solution App that can help!

Turn Your Day Around: Release Overwhelm

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Use this simple tool to quiet that noise, move yourself to a place of peace. From there you’ll have the resources to make the best decisions and take the next step.

Until next time...

Keep Tapping!

Nick Ortner