SPARK Insights by Coach Reg - Issue #0014

I stood side-stage, staring at the massive crowd of 2,000 people waiting for me to speak in the spring of 2006. My heart was pounding, my palms were sweaty, and my mind was screaming, "You're not ready for this." A year ago, I couldn't have imagined this moment was even possible. But something had shifted along the way.

I had said yes to small steps. Yes to speaking in front of a few colleagues. Yes to leading a small workshop. Yes to being uncomfortable but doing it anyway. Each step rewired my confidence, not because I believed first, but because I acted first. And now, standing at the edge of that stage, I took a deep breath and stepped forward.

That single action changed everything. My voice steadied. My words gained momentum. My thoughts, once filled with doubt, shifted into alignment with what I was doing in real time. And at that moment, I realized something powerful: action doesn’t follow belief. Belief follows action.

Most people are familiar with the traditional model of manifestation: Thought → Word → Action. We’ve been told that we first need to think about what we want, then speak it into existence, and finally, take action. And sure, this works sometimes. But in reality, this process often stalls before it even begins.