In part two of the Messy Action series, Lesley Logan reframes messy action as something you reach for first, not a backup plan or a last resort. She explains why holding out for the right conditions quietly keeps you stuck, and what it really takes to move forward when you cannot see every step ahead. Lesley also shares honest stories about how small daily practices helped her push past fears and grow her Pilates business.

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In this episode you will learn about:

Acting ‘as if’ filters your choices through who you want to be.
How starting with 25% of the plan beats waiting for perfection.
Lesley's messy studio opening and why clients loved the evolution.
The power of smaller steps and running a nervous system check.
Why building a small win stack keeps your momentum going daily.

Episode References/Links:

The As If Principle by Richard Wiseman - https://a.co/d/0b99DSxo
Ep. 694 Stuck Series 1 - https://beitpod.com/ep694
Ep. 695 Stuck Series 2 - https://beitpod.com/ep695
Ep. 613 Habit Series 1 - https://beitpod.com/ep613
Ep. 614 Habit Series 2 - https://beitpod.com/ep614
Ep. 616 Habit Series 3 - https://beitpod.com/ep616
Ep. 617 Habit Series 4 - https://beitpod.com/ep617
Ep. 619 Habit Series 5 - https://beitpod.com/ep619
Ep. 620 Habit Series 6 - https://beitpod.com/620
Ep. 622 Habit Series 7 - https://beitpod.com/ep622
Ep. 623 Habit Series 8 - https://beitpod.com/623
Submit your wins or questions - https://beitpod.com/questions

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Episode Transcript:

Lesley Logan 0:00

Messy action isn't what you do when you don't know what you're doing, it's how you figure it out.

Lesley Logan 0:04

Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.

Lesley Logan 0:47

All right, Be It babe. Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we do take messy action, and after 700 episodes, I hit my elbow on the thing, so I think that's perfect for the topic today. Because, my goodness, if you think you're supposed to be perfect after 700 episodes, you are mistaken, because you are a human being. I'm a human being, and we are all over here just trying to do the best we can. And if that's all you take away from this episode, that is enough. But we are on our messy action theme. So, on Tuesday, if you didn't listen to that episode we talked about stuck and how that can affect you taking action. Then we had a theme two or three weeks ago, maybe more, on what's keeping you stuck, and so the reality is that there's a lot of different things that keep us stuck, and we are often the reason why. We are often the one that gets in our own way. We blame it on other people, but it's typically usually us. It's our nervous system, it's our protection mode, it's our fear of responsibility, failure, judgment, all the things. So I want to talk about how messy action is a strategy. It's not just throwing things to the wall and seeing what sticks, although that can be it. It's actually more of a mantra to get you to take the first next step. So it's not a backup plan, it's not a last resort. I really think that's important to say, because most plans don't go the way that you expect, but if you have this idea that it doesn't have to be perfect, I just have to keep the next step going, then you will actually realize that you're not on a plan B or C. You're just working the first plan and following it with the momentum that it's getting, following the flow of the river. If a river hits a rock, it doesn't go, "Oh, I must stop." It goes around the rock, right? It goes on the next thing. It creates. It creates the Grand Canyon, so we keep going where it wants to go. So truly, messy action is the way forward. I love this: messy action isn't what you do when you don't know what you're doing, it's how you figure it out. It's not what you do when you don't know what you're doing, it's how you figure it out. So, instead of us reframing it like, "I don't know what to do here, so let's just throw this at the wall and see what happens," no, no, I gotta figure out what I gotta do, so let me try this over here. It's an experiment...