February 24, 2025 • 19 mins
Have you ever felt like you lost momentum and needed to start over from scratch? Maybe you had a great routine going, but then life happened—things got chaotic, distractions crept in, and suddenly, you found yourself off track.
I’ve been there. When I started 75 Hard, I built some incredible daily habits—consistent workouts, hydration, reading, and a strong morning routine. But then I missed a small step, and I had a choice: beat myself up and start over, or recognize the progress I had made and keep going.
In this episode of Deep Dive Dialogues, I dive into the thought-emotion-action cycle—how our thoughts shape our decisions, why we often feel like we need to start from scratch, and how to break that pattern by making small, intentional choices. I’ll also share practical steps to regain momentum without overwhelm, so you can keep moving forward—whether in business, personal growth, or any goal you’re working toward.
Listen in to learn:
-How your thoughts influence your ability to take action
-Why momentum isn’t lost—it’s just paused
-Three simple steps to get back on track without the pressure of starting over
If you’ve been feeling stuck, this episode is for you. Let’s dive in.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to Deep Dive Dialogues.
I'm your host, dan Warheide.
Have you ever felt like you'velost momentum and you need to
start over from scratch?
Maybe you had a great routinegoing, but then life got in your
way and now you're strugglingto get back on track.
What if I told you thatmomentum isn't lost, it's simply
(00:21):
paused?
Today we're going to dive intohow the choices we make impact
our ability to regain andmaintain momentum.
I'll be sharing some insightsfrom my experience as a master
resiliency trainer and a bitabout my own journey, and by the
end of this episode I hope thatyou'll have some practical
steps to pick up where you'veleft off, without feeling like
(00:45):
you have to start over.
But first I want to jump intotoday's Mindset Minute segment
how to regain and maintainmomentum and I'm going to expand
on this in today's content.
But this is just a little bitof insight If you've not visited
this show before.
This is a one to three minutesegment, if you will, on a
(01:07):
particular mindset topic thatI'm just kind of playing around
with and throwing in at thebeginning of these episodes.
It's not really thrown in, butI hope you catch my drift.
Today, again, is about how toregain and maintain momentum,
and I usually share an insight,an example and an actionable
step for you as I bring in eachof these ideas Again today.
(01:32):
I'm going to go a bit more indepth in the content of the
episode, but here are thehighlights.
Momentum is easy to build whenthings are going well, but what
happens when you take a break?
We face unexpected chaos or ifyou feel like you've simply lost
your groove.
The mistake that I think mostpeople make is believing that
(01:55):
they need to start over, andthis is a big one.
But momentum isn't lost, it'ssimply paused.
Imagine this Imagine you'repushing a heavy boulder.
At first it might be tough, butonce that boulder starts to
move, it takes a lot less energyand effort to keep it moving.
(02:16):
But if you stop for a moment,the boulder doesn't roll back to
the starting line.
It's still there waiting forthe next push.
It doesn't roll back to thestarting line.
It's still there waiting forthe next push and, depending on
how long that break is, if itstops moving, you're going to
have to expend a little bit moreenergy at the beginning before
it gains that momentum again,and the same applies to your
(02:38):
personal progress, whatever itis that you're doing.
So.
Here's your actionable step.
If you've lost momentum, startsmall.
Instead of only overwhelmingyourself with having to move the
boulder, with catching up,focus on a quick win.
(03:00):
Just get started.
A five-minute task, a singleoutreach or a small action can
restart all of your movement.
If you're in chaos, thensimplify this.
Identify one to two things thatyou truly matter to what you're
working on, and commit to justthose things.
Momentum thrives in consistency, not in the intensity, and the
key here is to keep pushing,even lightly, and trust that the
(03:23):
momentum is still there,waiting for you to tap back into
it.
So let me start by talking abouta little bit more of my
experience.
So what I'm going to share isthe thought and emotion and the
action cycle, and I can't speakagain as a podcaster.
(03:44):
You think I might have learnedby now, right?
No?
The thought, emotion, actioncycle.
And I can't speak again as apodcaster.
You think I might have learnedby now, right?
No, the thought, emotion,action cycle.
This comes from my experiencewith positive psychology, which
was the foundations of theresiliency training that I
provided and that I received inthe military.
One of the key principles inthat training is understanding
(04:05):
how our thoughts influence ouremotions and our reactions, and
it's a powerful cycle when it'sbroken down.
I hope I'm able to communicatethis clearly and that you
understand why I say that.
So, before I jump into any more, I want to explain that it's
really a simple process.
(04:27):
That is a very powerfulexperience.
So our thoughts shape ouremotions and our reactions.
So our thoughts shape how wefeel and our emotions the how we
feel influence how we then act,and our actions are what
(04:48):
actually determine our outcomes.
I used to share this examplewhen I was in the military, at
least in one of my lastassignments, because I lived
just outside of the DC Beltwayand man traffic there can be a
nightmare.
It's miserable.
If you leave just a few minuteslater than normal or you get
(05:14):
stuck in the middle of the dayhaving to travel somewhere.
It can be just an awfulexperience.
What makes it even worse, whatpotentially makes it even worse,
is when you're in that trafficand someone cuts you off.
You have probably, and whatmost might consider a normal
reaction If somebody cuts youoff in traffic.
(05:35):
You've been in line trying toget to that next exit for the
last 45 minutes and some guyjust pushes right in front of
you and makes you wait that muchlonger.
There's lots of things that cango through our minds, lots of
different thoughts that we couldpotentially have.
The problem is that what wechoose to think about shapes how
(05:59):
we feel about those thoughts,and those feelings determine our
actions and our actionsdetermine our outcomes.
So if that's the beginning ofyour day, for example, and you
choose to be angry, you chooseto think about this person as an
inconvenience, an inconsideratejerk.
(06:20):
Inconvenience, an inconsideratejerk, an inconvenience to you
and your day.
That changes the way we feelabout what.
The event that just happened,so this activating event, had us
think about this in a certainway and our emotions become
irritated.
(06:40):
We become irritated, we becomephysically strained.
To some extent, you can feelyour heartbeat elevate, you can
feel your skin get warm to thetouch.
You're physically angry,emotionally angry, because of
this action of another personwhich, by the way, is outside of
our control, outside of ourability to influence which then
(07:04):
shapes the actions that we take,and maybe you know that
physical anger is the limitedaction.
Maybe you beat your hands onthe steering wheel, maybe you
flip him off, maybe you decideto get back at him somehow and
you know you end up in some sortof God forbid road rage
incident, or maybe you work hardto cut him back off or whatever
(07:29):
it may be.
But you chose that path.
You chose to allow someoneelse's day to influence how your
day starts out and probablywhat impacts the rest of your
morning, if not the rest of yourday.
Let me share another personalexample.
(07:51):
I've talked about it herebefore and I've shared in a
couple different areas.
Back in November I started 75hard Hard and I developed great
daily routines.
My mornings were dialed in.
I was feeling good.
I was consistently exercisingfor that program twice a day.
One of them had to be outsideDrinking plenty of water.
(08:13):
I was reading daily.
I was getting motivationalcontent daily.
I was feeling great.
Motivation was on high and itwas amazing.
I was more creative, I was moreproductive and I felt like I
was just more driven overall.
But then life happened Justafter Thanksgiving some of you
(08:36):
have heard this before I misseda simple thing.
I missed one of the tasks of adaily progress photo and at that
moment I had a simple choice Icould choose to beat myself up
and feel like I had failed fornot making it to the end of that
program, or I could haverecognized all the progress that
(08:59):
I'd made and celebrate what I'dalready learned and carry those
habits forward.
It would have been super simple, super easy for me to let that
single misstep define myexperience and the outcomes
thereafter, but instead I choseto focus on what I could control
(09:20):
my thoughts, my emotions andthen my actions, continuing the
habits that served me well, evenwithout the structure of that
challenge.
I chose to step away from thechallenge and to be okay with
what I had already gained andwhat I had already learned,
instead of dwelling in the factthat I didn't complete that
(09:41):
program.
It's funny.
I just had a conversation in apodcasting chat with a group of
friends around the same topic.
There's a friend of mine and Iwon't share his name here
because it's his story first ofall, and I haven't asked for
permission to share the personaldetails, so I'll just leave it
as it's a friend's story that hewas taking place in a program
(10:06):
recently, not 75 hard, but therewas certainly some well-defined
distinctions that brought somesimilarities into the
conversation between myexperiences and this person's
experiences, and they wereparticipating in this program
and, like me, missed a momentwhat seemingly could have been a
(10:29):
small thing was the topic ofconversation because it was much
bigger in the moment and tryingto make a decision about how to
move forward, what to do.
Could I move forward and justpretend it didn't happen?
Yeah, I could do that.
And then who am I reallycheating?
(10:50):
Because in the case of 75 Hard,I'm not reporting to anyone but
me.
But I'm a man of integrity and Ibelieve that there are rules
for these programs and for me tofeel good about continuing,
then I would follow the rules,and the rules dictated that if I
(11:10):
missed something, no matter howsmall, of those daily
requirements, then I was tostart from day one.
Or the choice I made was simplycarry the lessons I'd learned,
carry the habits and otherthings and routines that I'd
picked up, and move forward withthe things that made the most
sense and continue on withoutthe program.
(11:32):
And for the most part I've beenable to do that.
I have carried much of thatwith me and I'm going to share a
bit more, but not all of thathas been successful.
Lately there's been more lifehappening and I am in the midst
of working to get back into aroutine that makes sense and
(11:53):
that feels good, but lifehappens, and what do we do when
those things happen?
See, I think most people believethat, when momentum is lost,
that we have to go back tosquare one.
It's simply not how that works,though.
Again, imagine you're pushingthat massive boulder that we
(12:15):
talked about in the mindsetminute.
At first, it takes effort toget moving, but then, once it
starts rolling, it's much easier.
That's exactly how momentumworks in our lives and in our
business.
When we stop, we don't loseeverything we built.
We just need to push forward.
Again and again.
(12:38):
The biggest mistake people makeis thinking that they have to
start over, when in reality,they just need to take the next
step.
That I just need to take thenext step.
So here's some practical stepsthat you can take to regain
momentum.
If you're struggling to do that, you know when life throws us
(12:58):
off balance I'm going to giveyou three key steps.
So the first step to regainmomentum is to acknowledge where
you're at, without judgment.
Instead of beating yourself upover losing that momentum, over
not completing that program,whatever it may be, recognize
where you're at and what youstill have.
(13:19):
I could have let missing thatone progress photo define my
entire challenge, but instead Ifocused on the habits and the
lessons that I had learned.
No-transcript.
The next step, next key step,to regaining momentum is to
start small.
The best way to regain momentumis with small wins.
(13:43):
If you've fallen off track,don't overwhelm yourself with
everything you should be doing.
You can should all overyourself.
Don't do that.
Instead, start with one quickaction.
Maybe it's a 10-minute workoutinstead of an hour-long session.
Maybe it's one email oroutreach instead of trying to
(14:04):
rebuild all of your businessrelationships at one time.
In the world of coaching, thisis a conversation that we could
certainly have, but looking atone connection at a time, one
conversation at a time.
Coaching relationships,coaching contracts, agreements
are built in a conversation.
(14:25):
You are only ever oneconversation away from your next
great moment.
You can only have oneconversation at a time that's
going to be that meaningful,that deeply impactful for
another human being, unlessyou're speaking to a large
audience.
When we're talking aboutone-on-one coaching, you can
(14:46):
only have one conversation at atime and trying to think about
30 new clients when, right thismoment, you need one or you want
one more client, one new client, your first client, one at a
time, is how a business is built.
Don't try to look at 30 at atime.
That becomes overwhelming.
Maybe it's a single chapter ofa book, instead of forcing
(15:10):
yourself to read for an entirehour.
For me, it's a minimum of 10minutes a day.
Maybe that's all you need.
And let me tell you, those 10minutes turn into hours some
days really easily.
Those 10 minutes get me throughbooks.
Even if it's just 10 minutes,those 10 minutes create new
(15:31):
insights.
Insights can be gained in muchless time than that.
I've been witness to manyconversations where an insight
that is life-changing hashappened inside of three minutes
.
Small actions create movementand movement creates momentum.
Step three to regaining momentumIdentify the one to two most
(15:56):
important priorities.
When life feels like it'schaotic, then simplify what
truly matters right now.
If you're feeling overwhelmedin your business, what's the one
thing that will actually workto move the needle right now?
One conversation, oneconnection, one invitation.
Focus on that first.
(16:17):
One invitation.
Focus on that first.
Entrepreneurs often get stucktrying to do all of it at once
instead of prioritizing theactions that will have the
biggest impact.
And I've talked about it here.
It's worth saying again youknow, getting involved in all of
the marketing, all of thesocial media platforms, all of
the podcasting and all thevideos and YouTubes and all the
(16:41):
things, when what you reallyneed to do to move the needle is
to have that next conversation,to make that next invitation,
to make that next proposal, towork with you one thing at a
time that's actually going tomove the needle.
Work with you one thing at atime that's actually going to
(17:03):
move the needle.
So what is one small action youcan take today to restart
momentum in something where youfeel like you're stuck, where
you feel like you've lostmomentum?
Where in your life or businesshave you convinced yourself that
you need to start over, whenthe reality is you simply need
to push forward.
I would love to hear yourthoughts.
(17:24):
If you want to text me, there'sa link at the top of this
episode.
Should be at the top of thisepisode in your podcast player.
It says send a text to Dan.
I'd love to hear from you there.
Visit podcastdanwus.
You can leave me a voicemailthere.
I'm happy to share it on myepisode.
If you have a question, I'dlove to throw that in there and
(17:46):
be able to share that segment onmy podcast.
Or just let me know what yourthoughts are, and, of course,
the best thing you can do tohelp me is to share this episode
with someone you think wouldfind it impactful.
I'm not specifically lookingfor, you know, new downloads, so
(18:09):
to speak, or new followers, newsubscribers for the podcast,
new listeners, whatever you wantto call it.
That's not my main focus.
But if you share this withsomeone else, of course that
does help bring more people tocall it.
That's not my main focus.
But if you share this withsomeone else, of course that
does help bring more people tothe podcast, and my real goal is
to deliver content that I canenjoy, content that's meaningful
to me and I hope that ismeaningful to you.
(18:31):
That's the real joy here for me, in creating this content, the
reason I started this show increating this content, the
reason I started this show, andI would love to be able to make
a positive impact in yet anotherperson's life.
So, yeah, if you know someonewho could benefit from hearing
this episode, I'd love it ifyou'd share it with them.
Now remember, momentum isn'tlost.
(18:55):
It's waiting for you to tapback into it.
You don't need to start over.
You need to take the next step.
Thank you so much for tuning into Deep Dive Dialogues and,
until next week, keep makingchoices that help you to move
forward.
Welcome back to Deep Dive Dialogues.
I'm your host, dan Warheide.
Have you ever felt like you'velost momentum and you need to
start over from scratch?
Maybe you had a great routinegoing, but then life got in your
way and now you're strugglingto get back on track.
What if I told you thatmomentum isn't lost, it's simply
(00:21):
paused?
Today we're going to dive intohow the choices we make impact
our ability to regain andmaintain momentum.
I'll be sharing some insightsfrom my experience as a master
resiliency trainer and a bitabout my own journey, and by the
end of this episode I hope thatyou'll have some practical
steps to pick up where you'veleft off, without feeling like
(00:45):
you have to start over.
But first I want to jump intotoday's Mindset Minute segment
how to regain and maintainmomentum and I'm going to expand
on this in today's content.
But this is just a little bitof insight If you've not visited
this show before.
This is a one to three minutesegment, if you will, on a
(01:07):
particular mindset topic thatI'm just kind of playing around
with and throwing in at thebeginning of these episodes.
It's not really thrown in, butI hope you catch my drift.
Today, again, is about how toregain and maintain momentum,
and I usually share an insight,an example and an actionable
step for you as I bring in eachof these ideas Again today.
(01:32):
I'm going to go a bit more indepth in the content of the
episode, but here are thehighlights.
Momentum is easy to build whenthings are going well, but what
happens when you take a break?
We face unexpected chaos or ifyou feel like you've simply lost
your groove.
The mistake that I think mostpeople make is believing that
(01:55):
they need to start over, andthis is a big one.
But momentum isn't lost, it'ssimply paused.
Imagine this Imagine you'repushing a heavy boulder.
At first it might be tough, butonce that boulder starts to
move, it takes a lot less energyand effort to keep it moving.
(02:16):
But if you stop for a moment,the boulder doesn't roll back to
the starting line.
It's still there waiting forthe next push.
It doesn't roll back to thestarting line.
It's still there waiting forthe next push and, depending on
how long that break is, if itstops moving, you're going to
have to expend a little bit moreenergy at the beginning before
it gains that momentum again,and the same applies to your
(02:38):
personal progress, whatever itis that you're doing.
So.
Here's your actionable step.
If you've lost momentum, startsmall.
Instead of only overwhelmingyourself with having to move the
boulder, with catching up,focus on a quick win.
(03:00):
Just get started.
A five-minute task, a singleoutreach or a small action can
restart all of your movement.
If you're in chaos, thensimplify this.
Identify one to two things thatyou truly matter to what you're
working on, and commit to justthose things.
Momentum thrives in consistency, not in the intensity, and the
key here is to keep pushing,even lightly, and trust that the
(03:23):
momentum is still there,waiting for you to tap back into
it.
So let me start by talking abouta little bit more of my
experience.
So what I'm going to share isthe thought and emotion and the
action cycle, and I can't speakagain as a podcaster.
(03:44):
You think I might have learnedby now, right?
No?
The thought, emotion, actioncycle.
And I can't speak again as apodcaster.
You think I might have learnedby now, right?
No, the thought, emotion,action cycle.
This comes from my experiencewith positive psychology, which
was the foundations of theresiliency training that I
provided and that I received inthe military.
One of the key principles inthat training is understanding
(04:05):
how our thoughts influence ouremotions and our reactions, and
it's a powerful cycle when it'sbroken down.
I hope I'm able to communicatethis clearly and that you
understand why I say that.
So, before I jump into any more, I want to explain that it's
really a simple process.
(04:27):
That is a very powerfulexperience.
So our thoughts shape ouremotions and our reactions.
So our thoughts shape how wefeel and our emotions the how we
feel influence how we then act,and our actions are what
(04:48):
actually determine our outcomes.
I used to share this examplewhen I was in the military, at
least in one of my lastassignments, because I lived
just outside of the DC Beltwayand man traffic there can be a
nightmare.
It's miserable.
If you leave just a few minuteslater than normal or you get
(05:14):
stuck in the middle of the dayhaving to travel somewhere.
It can be just an awfulexperience.
What makes it even worse, whatpotentially makes it even worse,
is when you're in that trafficand someone cuts you off.
You have probably, and whatmost might consider a normal
reaction If somebody cuts youoff in traffic.
(05:35):
You've been in line trying toget to that next exit for the
last 45 minutes and some guyjust pushes right in front of
you and makes you wait that muchlonger.
There's lots of things that cango through our minds, lots of
different thoughts that we couldpotentially have.
The problem is that what wechoose to think about shapes how
(05:59):
we feel about those thoughts,and those feelings determine our
actions and our actionsdetermine our outcomes.
So if that's the beginning ofyour day, for example, and you
choose to be angry, you chooseto think about this person as an
inconvenience, an inconsideratejerk.
(06:20):
Inconvenience, an inconsideratejerk, an inconvenience to you
and your day.
That changes the way we feelabout what.
The event that just happened,so this activating event, had us
think about this in a certainway and our emotions become
irritated.
(06:40):
We become irritated, we becomephysically strained.
To some extent, you can feelyour heartbeat elevate, you can
feel your skin get warm to thetouch.
You're physically angry,emotionally angry, because of
this action of another personwhich, by the way, is outside of
our control, outside of ourability to influence which then
(07:04):
shapes the actions that we take,and maybe you know that
physical anger is the limitedaction.
Maybe you beat your hands onthe steering wheel, maybe you
flip him off, maybe you decideto get back at him somehow and
you know you end up in some sortof God forbid road rage
incident, or maybe you work hardto cut him back off or whatever
(07:29):
it may be.
But you chose that path.
You chose to allow someoneelse's day to influence how your
day starts out and probablywhat impacts the rest of your
morning, if not the rest of yourday.
Let me share another personalexample.
(07:51):
I've talked about it herebefore and I've shared in a
couple different areas.
Back in November I started 75hard Hard and I developed great
daily routines.
My mornings were dialed in.
I was feeling good.
I was consistently exercisingfor that program twice a day.
One of them had to be outsideDrinking plenty of water.
(08:13):
I was reading daily.
I was getting motivationalcontent daily.
I was feeling great.
Motivation was on high and itwas amazing.
I was more creative, I was moreproductive and I felt like I
was just more driven overall.
But then life happened Justafter Thanksgiving some of you
(08:36):
have heard this before I misseda simple thing.
I missed one of the tasks of adaily progress photo and at that
moment I had a simple choice Icould choose to beat myself up
and feel like I had failed fornot making it to the end of that
program, or I could haverecognized all the progress that
(08:59):
I'd made and celebrate what I'dalready learned and carry those
habits forward.
It would have been super simple, super easy for me to let that
single misstep define myexperience and the outcomes
thereafter, but instead I choseto focus on what I could control
(09:20):
my thoughts, my emotions andthen my actions, continuing the
habits that served me well, evenwithout the structure of that
challenge.
I chose to step away from thechallenge and to be okay with
what I had already gained andwhat I had already learned,
instead of dwelling in the factthat I didn't complete that
(09:41):
program.
It's funny.
I just had a conversation in apodcasting chat with a group of
friends around the same topic.
There's a friend of mine and Iwon't share his name here
because it's his story first ofall, and I haven't asked for
permission to share the personaldetails, so I'll just leave it
as it's a friend's story that hewas taking place in a program
(10:06):
recently, not 75 hard, but therewas certainly some well-defined
distinctions that brought somesimilarities into the
conversation between myexperiences and this person's
experiences, and they wereparticipating in this program
and, like me, missed a momentwhat seemingly could have been a
(10:29):
small thing was the topic ofconversation because it was much
bigger in the moment and tryingto make a decision about how to
move forward, what to do.
Could I move forward and justpretend it didn't happen?
Yeah, I could do that.
And then who am I reallycheating?
(10:50):
Because in the case of 75 Hard,I'm not reporting to anyone but
me.
But I'm a man of integrity and Ibelieve that there are rules
for these programs and for me tofeel good about continuing,
then I would follow the rules,and the rules dictated that if I
(11:10):
missed something, no matter howsmall, of those daily
requirements, then I was tostart from day one.
Or the choice I made was simplycarry the lessons I'd learned,
carry the habits and otherthings and routines that I'd
picked up, and move forward withthe things that made the most
sense and continue on withoutthe program.
(11:32):
And for the most part I've beenable to do that.
I have carried much of thatwith me and I'm going to share a
bit more, but not all of thathas been successful.
Lately there's been more lifehappening and I am in the midst
of working to get back into aroutine that makes sense and
(11:53):
that feels good, but lifehappens, and what do we do when
those things happen?
See, I think most people believethat, when momentum is lost,
that we have to go back tosquare one.
It's simply not how that works,though.
Again, imagine you're pushingthat massive boulder that we
(12:15):
talked about in the mindsetminute.
At first, it takes effort toget moving, but then, once it
starts rolling, it's much easier.
That's exactly how momentumworks in our lives and in our
business.
When we stop, we don't loseeverything we built.
We just need to push forward.
Again and again.
(12:38):
The biggest mistake people makeis thinking that they have to
start over, when in reality,they just need to take the next
step.
That I just need to take thenext step.
So here's some practical stepsthat you can take to regain
momentum.
If you're struggling to do that, you know when life throws us
(12:58):
off balance I'm going to giveyou three key steps.
So the first step to regainmomentum is to acknowledge where
you're at, without judgment.
Instead of beating yourself upover losing that momentum, over
not completing that program,whatever it may be, recognize
where you're at and what youstill have.
(13:19):
I could have let missing thatone progress photo define my
entire challenge, but instead Ifocused on the habits and the
lessons that I had learned.
No-transcript.
The next step, next key step,to regaining momentum is to
start small.
The best way to regain momentumis with small wins.
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If you've fallen off track,don't overwhelm yourself with
everything you should be doing.
You can should all overyourself.
Don't do that.
Instead, start with one quickaction.
Maybe it's a 10-minute workoutinstead of an hour-long session.
Maybe it's one email oroutreach instead of trying to
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rebuild all of your businessrelationships at one time.
In the world of coaching, thisis a conversation that we could
certainly have, but looking atone connection at a time, one
conversation at a time.
Coaching relationships,coaching contracts, agreements
are built in a conversation.
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You are only ever oneconversation away from your next
great moment.
You can only have oneconversation at a time that's
going to be that meaningful,that deeply impactful for
another human being, unlessyou're speaking to a large
audience.
When we're talking aboutone-on-one coaching, you can
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only have one conversation at atime and trying to think about
30 new clients when, right thismoment, you need one or you want
one more client, one new client, your first client, one at a
time, is how a business is built.
Don't try to look at 30 at atime.
That becomes overwhelming.
Maybe it's a single chapter ofa book, instead of forcing
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yourself to read for an entirehour.
For me, it's a minimum of 10minutes a day.
Maybe that's all you need.
And let me tell you, those 10minutes turn into hours some
days really easily.
Those 10 minutes get me throughbooks.
Even if it's just 10 minutes,those 10 minutes create new
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insights.
Insights can be gained in muchless time than that.
I've been witness to manyconversations where an insight
that is life-changing hashappened inside of three minutes
.
Small actions create movementand movement creates momentum.
Step three to regaining momentumIdentify the one to two most
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important priorities.
When life feels like it'schaotic, then simplify what
truly matters right now.
If you're feeling overwhelmedin your business, what's the one
thing that will actually workto move the needle right now?
One conversation, oneconnection, one invitation.
Focus on that first.
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One invitation.
Focus on that first.
Entrepreneurs often get stucktrying to do all of it at once
instead of prioritizing theactions that will have the
biggest impact.
And I've talked about it here.
It's worth saying again youknow, getting involved in all of
the marketing, all of thesocial media platforms, all of
the podcasting and all thevideos and YouTubes and all the
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things, when what you reallyneed to do to move the needle is
to have that next conversation,to make that next invitation,
to make that next proposal, towork with you one thing at a
time that's actually going tomove the needle.
Work with you one thing at atime that's actually going to
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move the needle.
So what is one small action youcan take today to restart
momentum in something where youfeel like you're stuck, where
you feel like you've lostmomentum?
Where in your life or businesshave you convinced yourself that
you need to start over, whenthe reality is you simply need
to push forward.
I would love to hear yourthoughts.
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If you want to text me, there'sa link at the top of this
episode.
Should be at the top of thisepisode in your podcast player.
It says send a text to Dan.
I'd love to hear from you there.
Visit podcastdanwus.
You can leave me a voicemailthere.
I'm happy to share it on myepisode.
If you have a question, I'dlove to throw that in there and
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be able to share that segment onmy podcast.
Or just let me know what yourthoughts are, and, of course,
the best thing you can do tohelp me is to share this episode
with someone you think wouldfind it impactful.
I'm not specifically lookingfor, you know, new downloads, so
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to speak, or new followers, newsubscribers for the podcast,
new listeners, whatever you wantto call it.
That's not my main focus.
But if you share this withsomeone else, of course that
does help bring more people tocall it.
That's not my main focus.
But if you share this withsomeone else, of course that
does help bring more people tothe podcast, and my real goal is
to deliver content that I canenjoy, content that's meaningful
to me and I hope that ismeaningful to you.
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That's the real joy here for me, in creating this content, the
reason I started this show increating this content, the
reason I started this show, andI would love to be able to make
a positive impact in yet anotherperson's life.
So, yeah, if you know someonewho could benefit from hearing
this episode, I'd love it ifyou'd share it with them.
Now remember, momentum isn'tlost.
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It's waiting for you to tapback into it.
You don't need to start over.
You need to take the next step.
Thank you so much for tuning into Deep Dive Dialogues and,
until next week, keep makingchoices that help you to move
forward.
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