Ep.136 I Deciding to Get Out of Your Rut: The Changes to Make When You're Feeling Stuck
Shawn and Sanger discuss actionable steps to getting “unstuck” and making impactful changes in your business.
KEY TOPICS
The 5 Levers of Change: Systems, Goals, Habits, Relationships, and Beliefs.
How to break free from a rut.
When (and how) it’s appropriate to change a goal.
Using the Double Vision Exercise to explore what changes you should make.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction to Plateau Jumping
05:22 The Five Levers of Change
08:43 The Importance of Changing Beliefs
09:41 Gaining Fresh Perspectives
12:21 Learning from a Hot Air Balloon Ride
15:41 Challenging What You Know
18:07 The Challenge of Changing Beliefs
20:06 Leveraging Strengths for Change
23:56 The Importance of Leveraging Relationships
24:55 Changing Goals and Plateau Jumps
25:26 The Double Vision Exercise
26:37 Identifying Changes in Roles and Responsibilities
27:13 Exploring the Qualities of a High-Paid Replacement
28:14 Results-Based Answers vs. Non-Commissioned Roles
28:44 Considering Background, Competence, and Experience
30:19 Tactics for Goal Setting and Transformation
30:48 Identifying the Simplest Lever
31:43 The Challenge of Changing Beliefs
32:13 The Power of Belief and Goal Setting
33:04 The Myth of the Harvard Study on Goal Setting
34:04 The Importance of Belief Change
35:03 The Power of Visualization and Belief
36:37 The Influence of Beliefs on Decision-Making
39:34 The Challenge of Changing Beliefs
40:47 Challenging Beliefs in the Financial Planning Industry
41:46 The Resistance to Change Beliefs
43:13 The Gracie Family and Resistance to Change
45:13 The Challenge of Changing Beliefs
46:28 The Difficulty of Changing Beliefs
47:59 The Challenge of Changing Habits
49:31 Visualization and Goal Formulation
50:00 Where to Find the Book
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SANGER’S BOOK: A Life Rich with Significance: Transforming Your Wealth to Meaningful Impact
SHAWN’S BOOK: Plateau Jumping: What to Change When Change Is What You Want
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