Momentum is such a powerful force in getting things done,
But what happens when you are right at the beginning and you're feeling a lot of resistance and you can't quite figure out how to just get started?
When you're in this place,
Finding momentum is really challenging.
So here's a hack in how to just get started.
I would love for you to ask the question to yourself,
If I were to take one step towards what I want,
What would that look like?
Just imagine for a moment,
If you were to get started on the thing that you are holding back on,
What would one micro step look like?
So that could be opening up a fresh piece of paper,
Setting five minutes on a timer to do some research.
Now there may be a thousand steps in order to get this thing done,
But we're only able to do one thing at a time.
The mind often gets overwhelmed with everything that needs to get done,
But in reality we can just do one thing.
So make it as easy as possible for yourself to get started by just taking that first step.
Now a bonus,
Once you take it,
Is to celebrate yourself.
Celebrate that you actually took an action that is getting you closer to where you want to be.
And a celebration can look like a fist pump in the air,
A hug for yourself,
A smile,
And that sends dopamine to your brain that says,
Oh this is a good thing.
Now the beautiful part,
The way we create momentum is by rinsing and repeating,
Doing it over and over again.
So once you take that first step,
Okay,
What would the next step be?
If you were to go forward,
What would that next step be?
Now if you were to do that,
Celebrate it,
Now you're starting to build momentum.
So if you're feeling stuck right now,
If there's something that you want to create,
Something that you want to build,
Something that you want to start doing in your life,
Ask yourself this one question.
If I were to go for it,
What would the first step be?
And watch what happens.
