3 Simple Steps to Get Out of a Slump & Back on Track!

I recently began a challenge of generating $15k/month in 12 months to show not just the positive progress, but also the struggles and downfalls I experience over the course of my journey. In the interest of having this be a true reflection of my experience, as well as hopefully helping someone else possibly in a similar position, I'm putting it all out there.


Today, week 6: day 43, I have to report that although leads are continuing to trickle in, I feel as though I have been in a slump. Over the past week, I have really lacked enthusiasm and focus for my project. I guess the conflict really comes into play because I know exactly what I am supposed to be doing, but can't seem to focus to get those things done. You ever felt like you want to do something and know what to do, yet at the end of the day- day after day- it just isn't getting done? That's how I've felt over the past week- which was simply not the case 2+ weeks ago.


The next logical question is how do I go from being on top of the world, learning, excited, and focused on obtaining my goals on a daily basis to feeling powerless, and completely out of focus in one short week? How do I get out of a slump?  I considered this myself when  pondering my situation and I was taken back to an analogy Dani Johnson explained at one of her seminars I attended a while back.


Think of a tool that is fully equipped to effectively do what it was designed to do. For this example, let's say it's a cell phone. This mobile phone is designed to do a variety of vital functions that most of us can't see ourselves living without for any length of time. So you bring home a new cell phone, fully charge the battery, and begin using the phone as it's designed to be used.  It works brilliantly! However, what happens to that fully capable cell phone after it's been used for a day or so without recharging the battery? How about after a week or two? This fully functional, capable, specially designed device becomes un-functional and un-capable of doing anything! Furthermore, over time, as you do re-charge the power source, the battery life becomes shorter and shorter, forcing you to recharge the device more frequently.


As Dani so candidly stated and as my experience is teaching me, people are the same way: we need to be re-charged. Ask any highly productive individual, and they also have a 'power source' that they tap into daily to continuously program their minds to stay focused, on task, and enthusiastic about what they're trying to achieve.Furthermore, helping ups to get out of a slump, but also avoid them for as long as possible.

Whether that source is leadership masterminds conference calls, daily chats with like-minded leaders, or even live events like those hosted by all major MLM companies, it's imperative to the success of your business to stay plugged in. Additionally,  EVERY successful person knows that you never get it all in one shot- over time, we learn, adapt, and evolve when we plug into training to keep you green & growing.


So, after beating myself up for the past few days for not producing the level of activity I expect from myself, I realized that getting off track is a normal happening. No successful leader has never experienced this. However, what determines the success of a true leader is not whether or not they get off track, but it's whether or not the stay off track that makes the true difference. The skill of knowing how to get out of a slump and back on track is rewarded by achievement of goals.


 Therefore, I have decided to take a few simple steps to get myself back on track.

1. Reach out to leaders.

2. Make a new action plan(including a plan to plug into leadership daily).

3. TAKE ACTION NOW!


Bottom line: leaders take action. For me, writing this message is my step 3, so I'm back in action folks! Make a commitment to yourself today to get up, dust yourself off, get back on the horse, and to never quit!


I leave you with this quote to sum up my sentiments:


“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”- Mark Victor Hansen


Hope to see you at the top!


Danielle L. Ruffin
Don't ask for success to be easy; ask for it to be worth it!- Dani Johnson
www.NotEasyButWorthIt.com