Jared GoetzZenpire · CEO & Founder at Zendrop

Feeling stuck and unsure of your next step?

28 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker argues that feeling uncertain or stuck is actually a sign that you are in the right place for growth. Using a mountain metaphor, he describes life as a series of peaks (high points) and valleys (low points). When you reach a peak, things feel great, but a sudden setback—like a breakup—drops you into a pit. He suggests that these pits are temporary and that something even better is likely to follow, whether in business or personal life. By reminding yourself that a positive outcome is imminent, you can shift from dread to excitement, making it easier to endure the low period.

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When you're in that position of like, I don't know what to do, that means you're in the exact place you need to be in. Every time I've been in that place, the other side of it is always something greater than I could have ever imagined. Dude, I fully agree. And it's beyond just business. I look at life like a mountain, right? You have your peaks and then you have your little valleys and every mountain, like the higher you go, you hit this peak. Seems like everything is great. It's never been better. Like your beautiful girlfriend, for example, like you're on— you're the man, whatever. Boom, you get cheated on or you get a breakup, whatever. Now you're in this pit. I feel like when you're in the pit, that's what I like to remind myself with, whether it is business business or personal life, something really good is about to happen. And maybe it'll take a month or a year, it might last a long time. If you can just remind yourself like something good is gonna happen right after this, it's a lot easier to get through because now you're not just like dreading when is this going to be over, you're excited about what's about to happen.