Yes, there are days I wake up and just don’t feel like doing anything. Other days, I am so overwhelmed by the volume of opportunities that lay before me that I allow my brain to freeze up and decides to work on nothing. It’s how I am wired. I can’t change that but I can change how I react to both these circumstances.
Dealing with your own humanity
Getting Unstuck is a topic I have written about before. By writing down what works for me I hope you can takeaway the seed of an idea that will help you move forward when you are stuck. For me it’s the act of writing that gets me unstuck. Well, actually it’s more than writing but that’s a key piece of the puzzle.
My success roadmap
Earlier this year I wrote the following on the first page of my notebook.
- Read
- Write
- Tweet
- Customer/Prospect Contact
- Sell Something /Anything each day
Over the last ten days or so I’ve felt stuck. For the last two days I’ve visited my RSS feed first thing in the morning. Then, I’ve written (like I am now). Next, I spent some time on Twitter (and other social channels). I spent time on the phone with customers and responded to emails from customers. I didn’t sell anything. That really doesn’t happen each day in my business as much as I’d like it to. The key is to always be selling.
I started with number 1 and worked my way through the list. I don’t need the roadmap all days but on days I am stuck it sure helps to remember I have this powerful tool in my toolbox.
What’s in your “getting unstuck” toolbox?