

This sounds obvious, but most people don’t think about it much: if you want to break out of a slump, get yourself excited about a goal. Zen Habits is just one place for inspiration, not only from me but from many readers who have achieved amazing things. I Google my goal, and read success stories. Inspiration, for me, comes from others who have achieved what I want to achieve, or who are currently doing it. You can always do your other goals when you’ve accomplished your One Goal.

You have to choose one goal, for now, and focus on it completely.

It’s not possible - I’ve tried it many times. You cannot maintain energy and focus (the two most important things in accomplishing a goal) if you are trying to do two or more goals at once. It’s probably the most common mistake that people make: they try to take on too much, try to accomplish too many goals at once. Whenever I’ve been in a slump, I’ve discovered that it’s often because I have too much going on in my life. But I’ve always found a way to break out of that slump, and here are some things I’ve learned that have helped: I don’t even feel like thinking about it, sometimes. When I fall out of exercise, due to illness or injury or disruption from things going on in my life, it’s hard to get started again.
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Again, I feel that way sometimes myself, and in fact sometimes I struggle to motivate myself to exercise - and I’ll use that as an example of how to break out of the slump. Roy is just one of many with a slump like that. I have to say I’m in this boat and advice on getting out of my slump would be great.” “I was wondering if you could do a piece on why it can be hard for someone to change direction and start taking control of their life. But I’ve learned a few ways to break out of a slump, and we’ll take a look at those today. I’ve been there, and in fact I still feel that way from time to time. Yes, I know, it seems impossible at times. In fact, sometimes we get into such a slump that even thinking about making positive changes seems too difficult.īut it’s not hopeless: with some small steps, baby ones in fact, you can get started down the road to positive change. Even the most motivated of us - you, me, Tony Robbins - can feel unmotivated at times.
