A reminder of something simple and perhaps basic but really important, which has certainly helped me…
To succeed, yes, we need a vision and a purpose and goals and priorities and all that.
But when we’re stuck; when we’re down, we sometimes can’t do any of it.
Instead, we need to…
Do something—ANYTHING—that moves us even slightly in the direction we need to go, even if that’s just polishing our shoes or painting our nails.
Then we’ll gather momentum and be able to tackle something slightly bigger. Setting our direction can come later. “Ready, fire, aim” as Tom Peters and Robert Waterman put it in “In Search of Excellence.”
Sometimes we don’t have to be that smart, just determined.
At times…
It doesn’t matter a tiny bit which task we do, as long as we do something.
So much starts with managing our energy. They say 50% of winning is showing up.
What about you…
How do you get unstuck?