I think I'm the same way. I've read tons of personal development books, gone through almost all Tony Robbin's materials, listened to tons of other personal development audio (Alan Watts, Jack Kornfield, Wayne Dyer, Stephen Covey, etc.) and have (of course) read almost all Steve's articles and listened to all his podcasts. The application of all this material seems to have been a very slow process for me though. I realized lately that I've been quite heavy on outcome visioning and brainstorming (the what and the how) but seriously lacking in purpose (the why?), in organization and definitely in doing (to use Dave Allen's terms). I think the root cause of the lack of action on my part has always been a general lack of purpose in my life (what's the point? why bother? etc.) Even with the help of all this material I have struggled a lot with purpose! As in, I would know what outcome I wanted and generally how to get there, but never have the drive to actually DO it. So my purpose is definitely still a work in progress.
I also have to say that after seeing the book The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle seemingly everywhere (talked about here, recommended book list, catching my eye at every book store, etc.) for several months now, I finally purchased a copy last week. Some very deep questions of mine, some I've had for years, have finally been answered by this book!
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