The Importance of Aligning Your Thoughts, Language, and Actions

When we think of the instinctive process that our thoughts are verbalized and then acted on, it would seem to be a hardly earth-shattering theory. How we think dictates how we speak which then, in turn, dictates how we act. If you gave those three words to random people on the street in a jumbled order and asked them to reorder them into their logical sequence, 100% of people would get it correct; thoughts, then language and lastly actions (hopefully!). But it’s actually a far more complicated process for many of us than it appears on the face of it. In fact, many of us don’t have a clear connection between these three processes, and that can be a problem. This is especially true when it comes to talking about who we are with others, like potential clients. They dictate our vision and mission.

Understanding how someone is thinking is important. When a collective mindset is reached by a group, achieving goals (long or short term) can be much easier, and pleasurable even. It comes back to notions of teamwork or that old adage of “being on the same page”. A collaborative mindset is extremely important and much of this stems from knowing how people think.

How we talk, whilst making it consistent with how we feel and think is the next step. When these aren’t aligned it leaves everyone else confused. When we are in a…