BEST Reset Routine I How to Get out of a Slump FAST and Get Back on Track

Foreign Sheffrin here. And what I want to talk to you about today is how to get out of a slump. You know, when we're talking about like, you had momentum and then all of a sudden something happened. Maybe you went on a trip, maybe you had a week off, maybe, you know, something emotional happened. But whatever the thing that occurred, you're now having a hard time getting back into, into that state of momentum where everything is easier for you. So for me personally, I've been in four different cities over the last 14 days. In addition to the person that I live with, my significant other, right, her having a serious operation. So between all of those things coming together, I've kind of found myself in a slump. So now I've been back here in Delray beach the last three days and what have I done? Well, the first thing I tried to do was, was shock my system by overworking out in a day. So a lot of times what I find is that if I. I normally do about an hour on the elliptical every day, but sometimes I'll do two hours, three hours, even four hours. And just like trying to shock my system, right. I find that I, when I do that that evening, it's a lot easier to fall asleep. I sleep deeper. I sleep better. I wake up the next morning, I feel better. Well, I tried that on the day I got back. Stuff still didn't make the difference that I needed. So on to phase two, which is reestablish my morning routine. I wake up at 6. I generally work out by 6:30. I shoot my eyes with green light, which helps me wake up at six, right. Immediately thereafter, take my supplements, meditate, write in my journal, et cetera. So it's about reestablishing my morning routine. If you don't have a morning routine, I strongly recommend that you get one. But I imagine that most of us do. And so a lot of times when you're in a slump, you're off track, kind of in a grind. A lot of times we let those things go. I find that reapplying myself to those often can help me really well. The next is just getting back to certain supplements I take. You know, I generally when I travel, I take my supplements with me, but I won't take all of them. And so there are certain ones like Bromantane, which I get from science.bio.com which is a very unique chemical. It's a. Anti anxiety and a stimulant in the same cocktail, so to speak, same molecule. And that is something that I took this Morning yesterday I did an nad drip, and hopefully that makes a difference, too. But what some other things that I do is I set a clear goal for the day. Not overly ambitious, but something that I feel I can get done, that when I get done, my day is over. So it gets me back into this kind of pursuit mode of racing to get outcomes because I find that that's how I perform best. If you perform better in a different way, then how can you organize your day for that? For me, it's about racing towards completion. So about having clear goals and being aggressive and how quick I can try to achieve it is about getting back into that groove for me. In addition to that, it's about if I allowed, which I did on this trip, allow unhealthy distractions to kind of displace healthier distractions. Like, I've been overeating the last two weeks. I haven't really been reading as much as I'd like. I've been watching way too much YouTube recently, all in these past two weeks when I've been doing all this traveling. So it's about now getting back to my healthy distractions, writing in my journal more. Right. Reading my Evernote notes and highlighting or bolding or connecting or writing in my Evernote, right? And starting to wind down the amount of YouTube I'm watching. And it's just about kind of replacing what might have gotten into my schedule with healthier versions of it, right? Another thing is to think about, is there any particular project that if I were short project, easy project, something I'm excited about, that could get my kind of engine started, right? Another thing is to deal with whatever emotions that have come up for you, but based on being in a slump for me, I felt guilty about not getting certain work done and ashamed that I didn't do the work right? So this guilt and shame, and it's about understanding that, look, I'm not always going to be at my best. And because I'm not always going to be at my best, I got to give myself some slack. And that just because I perform at a high level most of the time doesn't mean that there are going to be times where I'm not going to be as good as that. And to recognize that, you know, it's okay, right? That what's most important is to recognize that it's okay that I can now get back on track and that the worst thing that I can do is start beating myself up for stuff that has transpired. Right? Can't change the last two weeks All I can do is do better now. And where I can do better right now is right in front of me, like, the next 10 minutes. The next 10 minutes. So how do I live these next 10 minutes where it's more in line with who I was two weeks ago, who I like being, and not this person who has been maybe off track a little bit. Another thing that is important to me, maybe it's important to you, is recognizing that in any given moment, the I am going to be most lazy about doing something other than what I'm currently doing. If you ask me if I feel like exercising right now, the answer is going to be no. If you ask me do I feel like writing right now, the answer is going to be no. But those. Those answers, those nos are not really true. They're lies. What? Because I'm answering a different question. When I'm asked the question, do you want to exercise right now? I'm answering the question, do I feel like stopping what I'm doing at this moment and starting to exercise? Right? The only way that I can answer do I feel like exercising right now Is if I am exercising. Because then the answer is most likely, much more likely to be a yes. Because things in motion tend to stay in motion. Things not in motion tend to stay not in motion. So there's an inertia with me of doing things differently, right? So I never feel like writing, but when I'm writing, I do feel like writing. I never feel like working out, but when I'm working out, I feel like working out, right? So I can only decide whether or not I want to do something or not that is related to growing my business or something productive unless I'm actually doing it. So I set up rules for myself. Like, I will work out for a minimum of five minutes. I will write for at least 10 minutes. These are rules that I set up for the day. And then I will start those and I will live up to those. But most of the time, what happens is, is that I don't have to stop. And I won't stop because I don't want to stop. And that's the beauty of it. Another thing that I shared, because I just did a live stream on this, I'm actually wrapping up the live stream as we're talking right now. Another thing that I think is important is to, at least for me, is I like to plan my weekends. Not all the time. In fact, a lot of times I waste my weekends. But when I'm in a slump, what I really want to do is I want to not allow myself to just sit around all weekend, which is very typical of me when I'm not at like playing my A game, when I'm feeling a little less than my best. And so oftentimes like the weekend will come and I'll do close to nothing and then come Monday, there isn't a lot to reflect on about a great time I had, great conversations I had or anything like that. Right. So because of that, I want to at all, I want to avoid that at all possibility. Right. At all cost. And so the way to do that is to plan my weekend. Not plan my weekend with work tasks, but plan my weekend with fun activities that I can do that. I know when I do it, I will enjoy it. I will be around people I enjoy and it will make. It will ensure that on Sunday night when I reflect on my weekend that, that I feel content, happy, that I had a great weekend, that life is good and it gives me more motivation, more excitement to dive into my day. So in case I didn't say, because I really have no recollection. My name is Rich Sheffrin and I own a company named Strategic Profits. I've coached a lot of the people that are well known in Internet marketing and a lot of other fields. People like Russell Brunson of ClickFunnels and Ryan Deiss of Digital Marketer. I invented the automated webinar and today, nowadays I help online companies grow. I was the first online business coach, as surprising as that might sound now that there are hundreds of thousands, I guess business coaches. But yep, I was the first wrote a report called the Internet Business Manifesto that went viral 15 years ago back in 2006. In June of 2006. And so if you want to find out more about us, go to strategic profits.com would love it if you would subscribe to this channel. We'll be putting out a lot more videos to help you grow your business online. And if you want to find out more or get some of my products for free, then make sure to go to Facebook and join our Strategic Profits group. That's the name of my company. Like I said, Strategic Profits. The group is entirely free. There are a lot of big shots in there who are happy to give you advice and help you as I am myself. And I do a live stream every Tuesday at 2 to 4 and Thursdays 6 to 8. Both times are eastern and I end every video or try to with a tagline that is this to higher profits beyond. Rich Efren over now, Sam.