The Outdoors, Business, and Life: Don’t Confuse Activity with Results

Whether I am on a hunt pursuing a mature whitetail, an important business deal, or helping a charity expand, I try and make certain each move makes sense. As my man Pete Davis puts it, “I try not to confuse activity with results.”

The goal is to maximize my time and manage my energy regardless of the hunt. If we choose to honestly reflect on our time spent each day, we likely will discover or confirm that we often are living inefficiently and in turn burning valuable energy that can otherwise be applied towards solving real problems or manifesting our dreams. When I look at my own shallow breakdown moments, which unfortunately still occur, the common theme is often one of the following:

I lost focus–I did not have a desired outcome or lost focus on what my desired outcome was.
My ego got in the way–instead of keeping a neutral mind so that I can actually think from the other person’s side, my ego took over and fear pushed me into being an on-guard prick instead of productively moving forward. Damn that ego!

The key takeaway is for you to try and take a few minutes at the end of a day to reflect or replay events that occurred during that day. When you identify any negative events ask yourself:

Did I have a desired outcome, and do I know what getting what I wanted might look like?
Can I picture it?

Stay focused on what that desired outcome is and visualize how much differently staying focused on that desired outcome would have made the situation turn out. When you start putting this into practice you will be blown away by the results. This is a key step in maximizing our ROI in life and “not confusing activity with results.”

David Farbman

The only thing typical about my life is the non-typical nature that I appear to live in. I firmly believe in the natural order of the world, and I find that this belief helps to navigate me through life, business, and relationships, resonating with my soul. I am in flow with nature and the universe in this way. I blog in an effort to pass on a message about the connections between nature, hunting, and life. Within that realm lies an authentic, clearer path to universal connectivity that I try to live in. The answers to many of our desired outcomes can be found there. My desired outcome is to successfully pass on the ideas, wisdom, and karma that come to me because of my connection with nature and the universe. As this script unfolds in my life, I want to share and help others while adding to the greater good of the world. Many people claim this, but I truly mean it and I bring it into action every day I am on this earth--or at least I sure try. I learned to hike, camp, canoe, horseback ride, fish, and sling arrows at a very young age. A spiritual connection with the outdoors came to me as a little boy and the power of this connection has greatly increased over my lifetime. As a hyper-active person since birth, nature has always settled me down and focused me in while helping me tap into thoughts and ideas that exist within the ether. By thinking, feeling and then willing something to happen after first opening our minds and our vision in a neutral state, we can achieve that which is otherwise unthinkable. I turned 40 years old last October and this past year has served as my catalyst year to promote change. I am in a process of self-actualization as I try to live present in each moment of each day. As part of this process, certain feelings must be turned into actions and done so with complete authenticity. I often write thoughts that come to me and in turn help others--and I believe the greatest return in life is to successfully give. I founded Outdoor Hub in 2007 along with a talented bunch of people and together we created something special. For as long as I can remember I have dreamed of doing something that would help to grow the outdoors and grow hunting--earning it the respect it deserves amongst those who choose not to hunt. I am so excited to be on this journey and I invite you into the field, to climb up a tree, to crawl through the swamps and be one with nature together. Thank you for joining me, the hunt is on...