Ask David: I keep feeling a bit complacent. How the heck do I bust out of my rut?

David – Like you, I’m a total fitness junkie. When I get in a rut and almost always it’s on the business side, I go for a super hard work out. On the business side, I have many limiting beliefs, thoughts that I can’t succeed, it’s too hard to do this on my own, I start slipping into a mediocre stage (usually lasts about 2 or 3 days). When I feel this happen, I go out for an extremely hard workout – and I have one strategy that I always use. I up the intensity by counting push ups, dips, sprints, whatever, so that I’m doing a little more than I did the last time. So, for example one week I’ll go for x amount of push-ups, the next week I make myself do x + 50 more, so I’m always increasing the intensity of the work out every week.

For me, on the physical side, I feel like I can achieve any goal, and I’m right now in the best shape of my life. I find this gives me tons of energy, so I use that energy to give me business confidence. What I find is that when I do this type of workout it does a few things –

1. It physically exhausts me so I am much more calm, feeling relaxed about things.
2. Gives me confidence on my physical fitness side, so that I’m feeling more confident all around.
3. Gives me an endorphine rush (I presume that’s what it is) because I’m feeling really good about myself, and feel like I can take on any challenge, even the most daunting business ones.

It works for me, but I like your idea as well and I will also incorporate your strategy to find someone that motivates me and try and emulate some of their strategies, or successes.

Geordie

David, This is Aaron Cason from Atlanta. Thanks for the tip! It gets tough, but I know forward is the only way to go! Hope to see you soon!