How to PULL Yourself Out of A Rut FAST

About this video

Clark Kegley offers three action-based steps to get out of a rut, opening with his own story: in his early 20s in a Seattle apartment, after early marketing/YouTube success fizzled, he describes having a panic attack at his desk, calling 911, being told by firefighters he was fine, and then spending a month burned out playing Fortnite and ordering food delivery. He says he realized he didn’t hate what he did but hated how he did it, and that he was being inauthentic. Step one is to stop asking ‘what do I want?’ and ask ‘who do I need to become?’ — journaling a detailed 2.0 version of yourself and taking some action before leaving the goal. He says he then moved to Scottsdale within 30 days and grew his business and channel over the following 18 months. Step two is reconnecting to the old you: taking inventory of when you were at your peak — mindset, lifestyle, and hobbies like his drumming — as Tony Robbins, in a story Kegley recounts, did with a professional athlete by reviewing tape of her best performances. Step three is to ‘plan cool stuff’ at macro, medium, and micro levels, citing psychologist Daniel Gilbert’s dinner study to argue anticipation itself produces pleasure.

Key takeaways

• Ask ‘who do I need to become?’ instead of only ‘what do I want?’ — journal a detailed 2.0 version of yourself until it feels motivating.
• Never leave a goal without doing something toward it; the creator says small action creates momentum.
• Reconnect to your peak past self: inventory the mindset, lifestyle, beliefs, and hobbies from when you were crushing it, and restart an old hobby.
• Plan things to look forward to at big, monthly, and daily levels — anticipation itself is pleasurable, per the Gilbert dinner study the creator cites.
• Kegley’s own account: his rut followed burnout and inauthentic hustle; he says reinventing himself preceded a move and business/channel growth.

Episode details: published May 22, 2023 · 13:04 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Clark Kegley’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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