From Stuck to Unstuck: 10 Game-Changing Principles

Before we move forward, let’s connect the points and principles we’ve addressed so far about not staying stuck when we feel stuck.

Here’s what we’ve established:

1. Stuck people go nowhere.
2. If you want to go somewhere or achieve something, it’s 100% your responsibility to not stay stuck.
3. Stuck is a subjective feeling but only sometimes an objective reality (which does not discredit feeling stuck).
4. When you feel stuck and you wait for better circumstances or feelings, or  you wait for someone else to take responsibility, you are choosing to stay stuck.
5. We don’t solve emotional issues through rational calculations.
6. We must listen to what our emotions are trying to tell us and where they’re trying to point us, while also remembering that listening to our emotions does not mean we must obey them. Focus on getting a clear understanding of what you’re feeling and why.
7. The path to getting unstuck does not follow a logical sequence, or even a predictable one, and you are unlikely to see the “right” solution when you start.
8. Many people who feel stuck choose to stay stuck for years because they’re afraid of the uncertainty the comes with going in a new direction.
9. Not staying stuck means stepping into some amount of uncertainty, or at least unfamiliarity, which takes courage.
10. The answer does not emerge before the effort.

“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” - Rumi

It’s not answers first, then action. It’s action first. The answers you’re looking for are in the uncertainty you’re avoiding.

Event + Response = Outcome. Do the work.