2 minutes | June 5, 2024

Getting Unstuck

by: Laura Posey

I've just spent a few hours on a Zoom call with colleagues, getting to know each other and planning ways we can work together.

The first question one asks in these situations is, "What are you an expert on?" which is the training equivalent of "What do you do?" As I asked this question of myriad speakers, consultants, trainers, and coaches, it became clear to me that almost all of us do the exact same thing…

We get other people unstuck.

"Stuck" takes many forms. Sometimes it is

Not making enough money
Not having enough free time to spend with family
Feeling trapped
Feeling frustrated
Feeling lonely
Feeling overwhelmed
Continuing detrimental habits
Repeating damaging mistakes

The list goes on. Everyone is stuck somehow, whether mentally, financially, emotionally, or physically. And we have a really hard time unsticking ourselves without help.

Sometimes, we get that help from friends and family, and other times, we need to pay experts to unstick us.

This week, I'd like you to list the places you're stuck in your life. Don't be embarrassed - everyone's list is long.

When you look at the list, what is the first place you want to unstick? What is the place that will free you up to unstick in others?

This year, when I made my stuck list, I realized I needed help in my marketing (yes, I do it for a living, but I can't do it myself), so I committed to hiring an expert to tackle that challenge with me. I've also hired a fitness expert to unstick me on my workouts and health. On an emotional issue, I've enlisted the help of a dear friend who acts as a sounding board to help me talk through the stuckness.

Those two hires and that friend have made a world of difference in just two months. My sales are up, clients are happier with the new interface, and I feel much clearer than I have in years.

So what are you going to commit to unsticking? And who are you going to get to help?

If you need help finding someone to unstick you, let me know. I can probably recommend someone.

Follow up from my last blog post about the rude manager - his team called us 7 times to get us to come back and buy the truck. Each time, I told them I was waiting for an offer and a call from the GM.

The GM finally called, and made a reasonable offer, albeit in a condescending tone.

Since we like the truck and offer was very good, we bought the truck.

Interestingly, when I expressed how awful I found the GM, no fewer than four employees in the dealership said he was terrible to them and their customers and desperately wanted him to get fired.

Life is interesting, isn't it?