 Do you ever get that feeling that you're not really making much progress in your goals? Maybe these are long held goals you've had them for maybe maybe years and you just feel like you're running into a block you're stagnant with the goal it's not making progress you don't feel like you're growing as much anymore. I'm going to address a question here about this and I'm going to give you some advice as to where is that feeling coming from and how can I actually start to make progress in my goals again? How can I start to get that feeling of making daily progress momentum is building I'm growing in terms of my goal. So hopefully it will be of interest to you and the question starts off it says I feel like I'm stagnant in my life and not making any real progress. Many of the areas in my life in which I've been trying to improve have plateaued and I'm not making any real progress. I'm frustrated and as I'm not exactly sure why sorry I'm frustrated as I'm not exactly sure why I stay consistent in my goals. So it's not about consistency which is interesting this person feels like they are being quite consistent in engaging with their with their goals which and then obviously you would expect them to be making progress but they don't feel like they are fairly consistent anyway. I feel like I should have made more progress by now given the time I put in and the length of time I've been trying to see improvement. I keep trying to take action but I'm feeling stuck and getting frustrated. A question is from Brian and I hope this issue or this this response here Brian will be helpful because and I'm hoping it'll be helpful to other people as well. I've started feeling I've been stagnant and I'm not making progress. Okay so action action part is there. You're taking action fairly consistent action anyway and consistency sure it is an important part of it but what I would say is nowhere in in your question and maybe you just didn't get into it but I just want to check with this nor did I see you refer to something I called the wealth. Many people call it your mindset. What is your mindset like? How have you been addressing what your mindset is like? So as a culture we are obsessed with action now action don't get me wrong is important action for all of us in our goals will it look like yep I take consistent action for sure that's that's pretty fundamental but what we're not so good at in our culture is what mindset am I in before I start to take action? We are totally oblivious to the importance of this so to become intentional before we take the action now that's not just something to say here in a glib way in a video you should be more intentional work on your mindset well that it's an investment really I'm inviting you to consider making here and the investment is okay action sure it's a big part of it for me how am I going to start addressing what my mindset is like before I take action and what I would suggest for people is before you do anything just sit down for a few minutes and be committed to the action for sure but just to sit down for a few minutes and allow yourself to get in touch with what your feelings are maybe even write down how you're feeling about this and it could be well today I don't feel particularly good about this taking this action but I feel like I have to take the action or else I won't make any progress just honestly like that okay right now I feel overwhelmed I feel tired I feel frustrated that I'm not making any progress with this I'll try to understand well where is that frustration coming from before you move into the action sit with that for a while and then you may notice that your emotions start to change or at least you feel like your emotions have been validated and heard and then move it to the action part just to acknowledge that okay I'm taking some time to be mindful about well where my mind is what is my mindset like before I move into action in that any action that you're trying to be consistent with particularly goal-oriented action super important to start looking at that now many people won't like that advice because as I said as a culture we are obsessed with action action action at all costs but what I'm saying is sharpen your process make the action you take more effective by understanding well what's my intention what am I actually trying to do here with this not only what I'm trying to do how am I trying to feel when I do it people think well that's too long it's gonna make sure it's gonna it's gonna take away time from the actual doing the actual doing is important but there's that quote of I think was Abe Lincoln if I had six hours to chop down a tree I'd spend the first five sharpening my axe just to get into the intention set a space in your life for I'm going to do some inner work here before I engage with this to find out what my intention is and to have a positive intention so all the action you do from that place will be taken with intention intention behind your action is a huge huge part of it it's not simply action for action sake because you can stick in that pattern of action action action and you can be consistent with it and after many many years you realize this isn't working for me I'm feeling exhausted I'm not feeling engaged with it I may even come to resent the thing that I'm trying to grow in and improve in so it's it's to become more conscious of what your mindset is and become more conscious when you're taking the time to reflect on things like that you're becoming conscious of the fact that I'm growing now I'm acknowledging the growth that's that's there and that's taking place because sometimes we don't even see the growth that's taking place because we're so busy in action practical terms let's say you're doing a hobby or something that you're trying to improve in some time beforehand what's my intention just give yourself that space and maybe later on after you take the action maybe even at the end of your day you can just reflect back on what was that experience like for me way more investment in the psychology behind it than just purely action and what I would say is for procrastination again this is advice I give to the procrastinators that contact me this is a huge part of procrastination making it so that you actually don't mind going towards that thing that you're working on because you're acknowledging any emotions that are there for you rather than burying them or berating yourself or having them or not feeling good or not feeling motivated so I hope I'm in clear about that all I'm saying in this video is set some time before you take action to look at what your intention is and trust me in the long haul if you invest in that you will get way more done anyway you'll see way more growth you'll take way more action because procrastination won't be an issue anymore anyway so invitation to do the inner work and invest in it because you will not be sorry and I promise you that you'll start to feel better emotionally too it'll be a big big changer for you I hope that was a helpful answer and if anyone has a question or they'd like to learn more about my procrastination resources you can just visit my website Dr. Dave Maloney.com and I'll see you in the next video bye for now