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Why I Almost Quit, And What Saved The Day

A few months back I was down on myself for not making much progress towards my biggest goal. Every day I woke up and dreamed about what success would feel like. I worked hard too, so you can’t just play the “dreamer” card on me.

I just wasn’t moving forward.

Even though I’d been using the quarterback method for a while to help me get things done I was struggling to find results. It didn’t feel good.

I’ve been stuck here before, and this is the part where the questions start flooding in:

Am I really cut out for this?
Am I wasting my time?
Shouldn’t I be farther along by now?

Is it time to give up?

When those scary questions start to show up, you’ve got to act fast before they destroy your dream.

Luckily I had a secret weapon.

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5 Limitations Holding You Back – And How To Turn Them Into Strengths

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Stuck on the highway in the desert.

In 1975 Stephen Spielberg was in the middle of directing a movie that would become a Hollywood classic. The revolutionary techniques used in this film would forever change the movie industry. Once it was completed and released he would shatter box office records.

But there was one major problem.

The shark wouldn’t work. Day after day production was delayed to repair the most sophisticated and expensive animatronic equipment ever built. And without a working shark, it was going to be pretty difficult to make the movie Jaws.

With anyone other than Spielberg at the helm Jaws would have been a theatrical and financial disaster. Yet somehow, Spielberg was able to take the limitation of a broken shark and make one of the greatest movies of all time.

How?

Spielberg understands that limitations can be a good thing. They can force you down new paths to find creative solutions. The end result is often better than you ever could’ve done with no limits.

We’ll come back to Spielberg and Jaws in a minute, but first I want to show you five common limitations and how you can transform them into a strength instead.

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What Do I Do Next? The Simple Way To Make The Best Decision

How I got this wrong

Years ago I decided I wanted to start a business helping people do better with their money. I’ve always been into personal finance, and I thought this would be a great way to do two things I love: helping people win, and personal finance.

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What To Do When You’re Mentally Out Of HUSTLE

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hustle-every-day I remember coming home from a particularly tough day at the office and sitting down to work even more on my dream. I stared at the screen trying to force something out, but I had nothing left.

This is how you build dreams though right? You work when you’re spent. You create when you’re out of energy. You HUSTLE 24 − 7.

Despite dedicating over an hour or more to my dream, I accomplished next to nothing that night. I scanned my Twitter feed, I checked my email again, hoping for something easy to accomplish.

Nothing.

“Why can’t I focus? Does this mean I’m not cut out to build Life Stoked? Do I not want it badly enough?”

Deep down I knew I had what it takes to crush my life goals, but I couldn’t understand why I was failing in that moment. Working on Life Stoked was supposed to be the work I’m most excited about, yet here I sit – flat.

What the world tells you about HUSTLE

The world will tell you you’ve got to be on all the time. It tells you if you’re not hustling day and night, then you just don’t want it badly enough. You just don’t have what it takes.

The world’s wisdom leads to two outcomes:

1) Burning out.
2) Giving up.

If you’ve experienced either of these while building your dream, it’s not your fault (and I can prove it)!

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From Hopelessly Overwhelmed to Unstoppable Force – A Case Study

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productivity-tool I felt hopeless more than anything else. Here I had discovered this amazing new world where I could design my work around my life (instead of the other way around), but I just couldn’t get there.

Why?

It wasn’t for lack of effort, that’s for sure. In fact, I’d been working on Life Stoked daily for over a year at that point. I knew exactly where I wanted to be, and I was already impacting others lives in exciting ways! The future was bright!

But in that moment last summer, I felt hopeless.

I remember sitting at my desk staring at my computer screen. A pile of notes lay in front of me, a pen in hand, and no idea what to do next.

There was just too much to do! Articles have to be written, marketing has to be planned, websites have to be updated and maintained, services have to be refined, and clients have to be served. And this was all “on the side” of being a full time husband, dad, and employee.

I was completely overwhelmed.

And so I did nothing. I froze. I sat. And I stared.

Days went by where I did little real work. As days turned into weeks I began to feel both frustrated and hopeless. I was frustrated I wasn’t making progress, and hopeless because I didn’t know how to handle it all.

What I needed to regain hope

What I needed was a way to attack and achieve my big goals without being completely overwhelmed. I needed a way to get big results with limited time.

And I found it. My quarterback method completely changed the way I work, and it completely changed my results! I want to share with you exactly how I implemented it, and five unexpected ways it changed my results!

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How To Make Huge Progress Even When You’re Crazy Busy!

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Knocking out your toughest goals is all about momentum. The more you accomplish, the more success becomes a part of who you are. Pretty soon, everything you touch seems to turn to gold!

And no matter how busy you are, you can start gaining momentum in a BIG way.

Here’s how…

How the “Quarterback Method” Helps You Create Momentum to Accomplish Your Biggest Goals

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Like I said in the video, the last eight months have been crazy for my family as my wife and I tried to figure out this parenting thing!

And yet I was able to accelerate my progress rather than slow down. That’s a huge testament to how powerful the “quarterback method” really is.

What should you do now?

Now that you know how to build momentum to achieve your biggest goals using my “quarterback method,” it’s time to put it into action for yourself.

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