"I wish it was that easy", I often hear people say! But for a few folks, getting into action on a major life-changing goal is a piece of cake. I've even heard them say that the goal itself almost seems to be attracting them toward it.

What could it be and how can you apply it to your goals? Let's use the Japanese Cherry Blossom (Sakura) season as an example of how nature does it so...well...naturally!

The first week of April usually sees Nature offer up a wonderful display of cherry blossoms in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. Families, friends and office workers head out to gaze admiringly at the lovely Sakura trees; and many of them also use the occasion to enjoy a delicious picnic. These are called Hanami (Spring viewing) parties.

Now there is obviously the human element to this annual drama because considerable excitement is generated as the weather forecasters and newspapers report on the progress of the sakura front.

That's right! As well as getting the weather wrong from time to time, the poor forecasters have the additional pressure of predicting the optimal days for Hanami parties - when the blossoms will be in full bloom.

From nature's point of view you can kind of pretend that there is some form of creative tension between the sleeping sakura tree buds of early Spring and the stupendous displays that will come forth less than a month later.

Nature has two specific goal setting tips for us here:

1- Some of your big goals must be as fantastic and awe inspiring as the sakura blossoms.

2- The 'tension of creativity' that lies between the buds of March and the blooms of April is slowly but inevitably resolved on a continuous basis.

Our resolve to keep taking the smallest of actions towards our goals should proceed in like manner.

Taking nature's position for a minute, it's informative to imagine a degree of creative tension between the tiny cherry blossom buds of early Spring and the beautiful blooms that will appear in April.

Your Actions:

a- Observe at least one natural event in your home

environment and ponder how much minute by minute activity is going on to bring this into your experience.

b- on a scale of 1 to 10, rate your change the game goal for creative tension. Write this number down.

"1" means no real tension between your goal vision and the current reality.

"10" means incredible and inspiring tension between what exists now and what is possible in the future.