How to PULL Yourself Out of A Rut FAST
Overcoming a Rut
In this video, the speaker shares three action-based steps to help individuals overcome a rut. The speaker shares their personal experience of being in a rut and how they were able to pull themselves out of it.
Personal Experience
- The speaker shares their personal experience of being in a rut after experiencing early success as an entrepreneur.
- The speaker experienced burnout and had a panic attack from stress, leading them to take a month off work.
- During this time off, the speaker fell into a textbook cliche rut and felt like they were going to be another failed entrepreneurial statistic.
Becoming Someone Different
- To pull oneself out of a big-time rut, one needs to become someone different and reinvent themselves.
- Instead of asking "what do I want," ask "who do I need to become" and write down everything from the dream lifestyle to relationships desired.
- Never leave the sight of a goal without doing something towards its attainment.
Action-Based Steps
Step 1 - Take Inventory
- Take inventory of your life by writing down what's working and what's not working in all areas such as health, relationships, career, etc.
- Identify patterns that may be contributing to feeling stuck or in a rut.
Step 2 - Create A Vision Board
- Create a vision board with images that represent what you want in life.
- Place the vision board in a visible location to serve as a daily reminder of what you're working towards.
Step 3 - Take Action
- Break down goals into small, actionable steps.
- Take action every day towards achieving those goals, no matter how small the step may be.
- Celebrate progress and accomplishments along the way.
Taking Action and Getting Out of a Rut
In this section, the speaker shares his personal story of how he got out of a rut and encourages listeners to take action towards their goals.
Making a Big Leap
- The speaker packed up everything and bought a one-way ticket to Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Within 30 days, he was out of his apartment and in a new one in Arizona.
- Within 18 months, he had started Forex as his business, was in a new relationship with an amazing woman, and had grown his YouTube channel from 100k to 500k subscribers.
Creating Your Dream Character
- The speaker encourages listeners to create their dream character by recording it in their journal or phone.
- This involves focusing on who you need to become - the 2.0 version of yourself - until it feels real and motivating.
- This process is similar to how characters are designed before they are built into movies or games.
Reconnecting with Your Old Self
- The speaker shares Tony Robbins' strategy for helping professional athletes get out of ruts by analyzing what they were doing when they were at their best.
- He encourages listeners to do the same by taking inventory of what they were doing when they were at their peak.
- Sometimes pulling yourself out of a rut means reconnecting with your old self and doing things that used to make you happy.
Rediscovering Hobbies and Interests
- The speaker suggests that sometimes being in a personal rut means that you've stopped doing things that made you "you."
- He encourages listeners to think back on hobbies or interests they used to have and start doing them again just for fun.
- Rediscovering old hobbies can help reignite passion and motivation.
Pulling Yourself Out of a Rut
In this section, the speaker discusses how to pull yourself out of a rut by reconnecting with something old and planning cool things to look forward to.
Reconnect with Something Old
- Sometimes pulling yourself out of a rut isn't about doing something new, it's about reconnecting with something old.
- Force yourself to do something you used to love because chances are it will light you up again.
Delayed Gratification
- People prefer delaying the pleasure of getting what they want because anticipation is actual real pleasure.
- Looking forward to something down the road can be immensely pleasurable.
Plan Cool Things
- Plan cool things on three levels:
- Macro level - plan for something big like a trip that is six to twelve months away.
- Medium level - plan monthly activities with friends or family.
- Micro level - have something small every day that you genuinely like doing.
- Having something on the schedule that you can look forward to can make you feel more excited and motivated.
- Planning these cool things can help stack up little wins which eventually compound and help pull you out of a rut in no time.
Conclusion
The speaker concludes by encouraging viewers who want help reinventing themselves in ten weeks to speak with one of their coaches for free.
Reinvent Yourself
- If viewers want help reinventing themselves in ten weeks, they can speak with one of the speaker's coaches for free.
- The perfect follow-up to this video is their guide on shifting your identity, which can help viewers recreate themselves as version 2.0.