On getting unstuck

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I remember being stuck.

I was stressed.  I was frustrated.  And my company wasn’t making any money for the third year in a row.

Then I listened to Earl Nightingale’s The Strangest Secret before going to bed one night.

In his program, he advises you to take the one thing you want more than anything in the world and focus all of you efforts on attaining it.

For me, it was to move into a new house and reach my target income goal within a year. 

So, I took Earl’s advice.  I wrote down my goal on a little nametag and kept it in my wallet.  I looked at it several times a day.  I told everyone in my mastermind group about it.  My friends even bet me $20 that I would be able to accomplish it.

And on January 1st, I set out to achieve my goal by December 31st.

Miraculously, I hit that goal mid-July.

I became unstuck.

It was truly amazing. 

So, thanks to the prompt from Curt's Collective Genius Blog, here are my three cents on getting unstuck:

What gets people stuck: running in place and not doing anything about it.  Not setting goals.  Not focusing on “that one thing.”

Why people stay stuck: because they’re part of the 90% of the world who doesn’t a) set goals, b) write them down, and c) look at them daily.

How people can get unstuck:

1) Tell people who are important to you that you’re stuck. 
2) Walk with the wise.  Surround yourself with those who aren’t stuck. 
3) Watch the movie The Secret. 
4) Focus 100% of your efforts on your one big thing.
5) Put a sticky note on your computer that reminds you, “Is what you're doing RIGHT NOW consistent with your #1 goal?"

Good luck.  May the Schwartz be with you. 

LET ME ASK YA THIS...
How did you get unstuck?

LET ME SUGGEST THIS...
On a small card, write down the one thing you want more than anything, and the date by which you'd like to have it.  Look at it several times a day.  Commense getting unstuck.

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Scott Ginsberg
Author/Speaker/That Guy with the Nametag
www.hellomynameisscott.com

Comments

[Janet Auty-Carlisle]

How do I get unstuck? Well, first off, let me say Scott I always enjoy your creativity and the notion of you with your nametag on at all times. Cool concept. So, for me, getting unstuck means really processing what it is that is keeping me stuck in the first place and pondering if indeed I am stuck or just in a holding pattern. Once I determine the former I then go about working on how to be "un-stuck." I am very clear on my end goal vision of what I want my business to look like and what a difference it will make in the world. On the days when the clouds mar my vision I work on clearing and learning to stay true to that vision. On the days when my feet feel stuck in the mud and won't let me move forward I take my shoes off and walk in a different direction: a new perspective if you will. I accept that I will be stuck, that this is a place of learning and work to acknowledge the learning growth that will come out of it. So far, so good. Living la vida fearless, Jan