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by p0larboy
1608 days ago
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I was literally in a rut a few days ago. Super lethargic. Didn't want to reply to email, didn't want to make plans for the business... Then I started surfing amazon books because, you know, anything to procrastinate working. I came across one of Tim grover's book (Michael Jordan' trainer) and I downloaded the sample to read. It's a little OOT but something he said rang a bell. He talk about humans overthinking especially in tough situation and gave a pep talk on being relentless. My takeway was "don't think, just do". Suppress the negative voice and just work on it. Nothing is easy. If you want something bad enough, don't think. Just do it. I think it triggers my inner motivation on why I started my business and being hyper aware of the negative self talk. So I put myself in robot mode and just started doing things. I'm not sure how this is healthy for my mental health but it worked. |
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This is the key insight. A rut is entirely emotional. When you don't want to do something but you need to do it there is an emotional conflict.
Robot mode is not emotionless. It's satisfying a different emotion (fear, anxiety,etc) than desire. It might even be considered a form of bravery. In a crisis situation do you panic or do you 'just start doing things' and help without thinking about it? It's a similar response.