{"id":6424,"date":"2011-11-29T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T18:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=6424"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:57:23","slug":"stuck-do-something-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/6424\/stuck-do-something-different","title":{"rendered":"Stuck?  Do Something Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2011\/11\/stuck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6425\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2011\/11\/stuck-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>You say, &#8220;Bob, that&#8217;s too simple an answer.\u00a0 Surely there must be something better to do when you&#8217;re stuck than simply doing something different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the basic issue behind your blockage.\u00a0 It&#8217;s likely been formed by the the beliefs you&#8217;ve had, the decisions you&#8217;ve made, and the actions you&#8217;ve taken &#8211; nothing more complicated than that.\u00a0 The solution need not be complicated either though our ego would often like us to think so.<\/p>\n<p>We all encounter blockages, detours, plateaus, and challenges.\u00a0 There is the often used saying that employing the same thinking to resolve a problem that created it is is the definition of insanity.\u00a0 That said, it is amazing how so many intelligent, highly educated and trained folks forget to try this tactic &#8211; to do something different.<\/p>\n<p>The common responses to fixing &#8220;being stuck&#8221; are stubbornness or trying to analyze and &#8220;figure out&#8221; something better.\u00a0 Too often that is bad medicine especially for when you don&#8217;t seize upon a solution, you become even more disheartened or frustrated thereby fanning the flames of fear.\u00a0 A better tactic is to simply try something different.\u00a0 It could be as simple as stop and take a break, changing your position or location either figuratively or literally or both.\u00a0 Take a few deep breathes and look around.\u00a0 Stand up, sit down, walk, run, drink, sleep, chat, meditate, sing, take a shower.\u00a0 And if you&#8217;re not stuck, what does it matter?\u00a0 The important thing is to do something different &#8211; separate and distinct from your habits or normal response.\u00a0 By avoiding your old automatic responses, you immediately wake up out of the sleep mode and new sources of creativity open up to you.<\/p>\n<p>Sound too simple?\u00a0 It works!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You say, &#8220;Bob, that&#8217;s too simple an answer.\u00a0 Surely there must be something better to do when you&#8217;re stuck than&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/6424\/stuck-do-something-different\" title=\"ReadStuck?  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