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058 | 3 Ways to Get Out of a Slump
Category: Health
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2020-02-11 05:00:00
Description: IF YOU'RE HUMAN, YOU'VE EXPERIENCED A SLUMP. I have wanted to speak on this topic for a long time. And I think that’s partially because sometimes I feel like people think I don’t experience slumps, or low motivation. Which is hilarious because motivation is NOT how people become successful in any area of life. Discipline and a strong why is how I believe people build success - in the gym, in life, in business, in relationships. With that, I think we’ve all experienced a slump in life or biz or fitness. You just have no motivation or motivation for the wrong things. Like you’re motivated to work on creative things but they’re really just busy work and have nothing to do with your essential task. Example - wakes up wanting to create new content for a project that isn’t on the table until 2021…but should really track numbers from your last launch…yes, this was me last month. Or you go to the gym and just walk on the treadmill instead of getting your lift in (we’ll talk about this). Or you’re just beside yourself. Not in an angry or upset way. But you’re observing your current state and not digging it? Have you ever been there? You’re not where you think you should be, you’re unsatisfied but not sure why? Something is just OFF. Today I plan to give you three tools to pull yourself out of the slump and into the RIGHT ACTION - to get you feeling accomplished and proud of your decisions. In alignment if you will. Before we dive into these tactics I want to make clear that this will take time and effort no matter which you choose. I may be helping you get out of a slump but it won’t be by snapping your fingers. Also, mind you that these tips are coming from a very systematic, black and white human. So these may be different than what might be best for you. Either way, let’s get to it! #1 - Revisit the year plan, month plan, big goal, or weekly tasks. This tip assumes that you have already established a goal, some destination you’d like to reach this year or month or whatever. It assumes you have taken the time to set a new standard, and you’re feeling off track from the original route. If you have not actually laid out your goal with an action plan…well that’s your new step one. I’ll share my example because like I said, this literally happened to me a while back. I felt like I was twiddling my fingers and kind of wading in the water versus going to toward a goal with clarity. It doesn’t take long for me to address this issue because wading in the water is not productive and I hate not being productive. So, I used tool #1. I found myself wanting to start a new project - a project I don’t plan to start until 2021 or while we’re home for three months in 2020. THAT is not what I needed to be doing. And it would not have been a wise use of my time. I was aware of that, yet I still felt lost as to how I SHOULD be spending my time. Enter revisiting the year, month or week plan. Or all of those for that matter. I plan three priorities for my week. This happens on Fridays, when I review my week - three wins, three lessons, three priorities for the upcoming week. I learned this practice in my mastermind in 2019 and while it was overwhelming at first, it was SO EFFECTIVE for me. Therefore I’ve kept that habit rolling strong into 2020. For the week we’re discussing, I’d laid out my three priorities in my journal. It just so happened that I’d already accomplished two of my three priorities - two tasks which had a lot of stress tied to them.  This is likely why I was left feeling unmotivated and a bit drained after completing them. When Thursday rolled around, I was lost. Blank schedule. So why not create something new, right?! NO. Sure, maybe if the top priorities are done. But they weren’t. So instead of starting a brand new project, I got my eyeballs on the third priority. And that felt UH-MAZING. It had been a top priority to draft up podcasts through the time that we’d be in Pa...
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