{"id":2768,"date":"2022-06-30T09:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T09:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2025-04-22T02:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:58:11","slug":"how-to-be-more-action-oriented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/organization\/how-to-be-more-action-oriented","title":{"rendered":"How to be more action-oriented"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-8\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Get yourself in gear with tips on how to develop an action-oriented mindset, and understand the difference between movement to move and movement toward a goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\"><picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/008-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/008-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/008-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/008-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"A man giving a presentation on a screen in front of a large audience\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"links-menu\">\n<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/organization\/how-to-be-more-action-oriented#what-does-it-mean-to-be-action-oriented\">What does it mean to be \u201caction-oriented\u201d?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/organization\/how-to-be-more-action-oriented#barriers-to-being-action-oriented\">Barriers to being action-oriented<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/organization\/how-to-be-more-action-oriented#practical-steps-for-being-more-action-oriented\">Practical steps for being more action-oriented<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achieve your goals by honing an action-oriented mindset with these tips and tricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-organization","tag-organization"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to be more action-oriented \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stop relying entirely on plans and start doing by developing an action-oriented mindset. 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