How to Make Progress When You Feel Stuck
We make it harder than it is
We all set goals to achieve something worthwhile.
Getting fit. Getting a degree. Moving up the corporate ladder. Learning a new skill. Creating something useful.
We dream of how achieving our goals will feel. The satisfaction, the appreciation from people, the pride of having “done it.”
We begin pursuit of the goal brimming with vigor. At some point, we get stuck when we hit an inevitable roadblock.
Sometimes we find our way out. But sometimes, we don’t know how to move forward. And we remain in that condition for a long time.
Why We Get Stuck
Human beings get stuck for the same reason why a deer freezes in a car’s headlight. The deer doesn’t know what to do because it cannot see anything. So it does nothing.
Likewise, humans get paralyzed by fear. Of uncertainty (we don’t know what to do), and failure (we assume we don’t have what it takes). So we do nothing.
Well, that’s not completely true. We do something… we wait. For the fog to clear, for the…
