Here's the thing: most of the people who come to me don't have a motivation problem. They have a goal that has been sitting in the void.
They know what they want. They've thought about it for months, sometimes years. And every time they sit down to start, it feels so big that they can't see where the first move is, so they don't make one.
That's the fog. You know you want more and you can feel the potential, but potential doesn't produce results.
A lot of people think the way out of the fog is a full plan. They think they need every step mapped out and every week scheduled before they take a single step.
I don't believe that.
You only need to know a few steps to get started. Once you identify the first couple of steps, you start to figure the rest out along the way.
When you have a goal, most of the time you know your starting point and your end point. It's the journey that throws you off, because you can't clearly see the bridge that connects the two points.
This experience can be scary because you might try something and it doesn't work. That isn't proof you can't do this. When something doesn't work the first time, it's not the end. It's just the beginning. You have to fail to succeed, and every step that doesn't work still tells you something about the next one you need to take.
So here's my suggestion to you. Take the goal that's been sitting in the void and write down three things:
- What you actually want, in one sentence.
- The very first step, small enough to do this week.
- The step after that.
That's it. Not the whole plan. Just enough to start.
If you want help figuring out your first few steps, that's exactly what the free clarity call is for.