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The journey to becoming dynamic begins with being grounded, with your roots anchored deep in what matters to you personally. Perhaps you’ve even identified your ingredients of strength and passion. Now what? Being dynamic is your next step. You’ll learn how to be a more dynamic person, so you can navigate confidently to pursue what you want. What would you do if there was nothing you couldn’t handle? This is at the core of being dynamic—feeling capable of moving powerfully and trusting in your capacity to adapt, no matter the challenge.Being dynamic enables you to move outside of your comfort zone (or in and out of the recovery zone) to start your own business, pursue higher education, begin exercising, and venture out in a new direction. Your dynamic journey will show you how to:

• Move when you don’t have a vision (and how to find one)
• Move when you have a vision but resist taking action
• Keep moving in spite of conflict

A) When the Path Isn’t Clear

How Do I Get Moving When I Don’t Know What I Want?  

What if the project seems unclear? Often, you just don’t know—you’re not exactly sure about where you’re going, and to move without a vision, you need a different approach. This typically happens when you’re in a new domain or when you are creating and innovating. To get the ball rolling in uncertain situations, you must allow yourself to simply try.

When you try sample, or test, your engagement with activity transforms—it becomes different than when you just do, because you: allow yourself to make mistakes, free yourself from expectations, and feel more naturally compelled to move and explore. The goal of trying something uncertain is not to be confident and committed but to gain experience to clarify your vision.

The key distinction is that we often don’t allow ourselves to try new challenges because of our demanding expectations: it should work out, we should be confident, we should perform well, and not hesitate. We must free ourselves from this fixed mindset and simply try. If you don’t know enough, begin by: focusing on having fun and enjoying the process, being curious to explore and discover new things, and playing and being unusual.

Being dynamic without a vision is all about trying new things! Make it a priority to have fun and to allow yourself to explore in this discovery process. Trying, as opposed to doing, is a gentle invitation when you’re figuring things out. Trying doesn’t mean you’re not serious—it means you stop your constant judgments. This daring approach is more about problem finding than problem solving—you open up to possibilities to create a vivid vision of what matters to you.

B) When You Have a Clear Vision

How Do I Get Moving When I Do Know What I Want?

If you have a vision, you have a direction. Being dynamic with a clear image of what you want is about doing and building momentum, not about trying. With a vision comes a sense of certainty, and the challenge shifts to action. Beginning requires tremendous energy to overcome creative resistance and rational thought—all that overthinking that leads to self-doubt, procrastination, perfectionism, and ideals. Instead, act quickly and trust your instincts. Be irrational if you must, but move now.

It feels good because you’re pursuing what you care about. The key is generating energy, like a motor starting combustion. To begin creative work, it’s essential that you move from your authentic self and with groundedness. Approach your work with process-oriented thinking: focus on simple and actionable steps (going to the gym) rather than outcomes (losing weight), keep it simple, practice in shorter time intervals, slow down so you can be present and mindful of what you do, and enjoy the work itself.

C) Turning Challenges into Opportunities

How Do I Keep Moving in Conflict?

You’ll inevitably encounter all sorts of obstacles when innovating and working with uncertainty. But how do you keep moving confidently despite them? How do you persuade others? In conflict, being dynamic means shifting gears from irrationality to rationality, from brute force to cognitive capacity. When working with people, become dynamic by stepping outside yourself and looking outward. Listen with genuine intent to understand others’ perspectives despite disagreement, criticism, or rejection.

In this outward mindset, approach problem-solving with purpose, a positive attitude, logic, and empathy. To move others, or better yet, to invite others to move with you, focus on the bottom line: it’s not about you or them. It’s about doing work that matters to make the world a better place, one step at a time. When you’re truly dynamic, there’s nothing you really cannot handle. And when you begin, momentum builds, you move, and transformation happens.

Becoming a more dynamic person is about having the courage to try and take that first step, the determination to build momentum, and the wisdom to learn as you go. Whether you’re starting without a clear vision, working toward a specific goal, or navigating conflicts, your capacity to adapt, grow, and be resilient is what makes you dynamic.