"I want to get a step-by-step action plan on how to break out of a rut and perform effective actions every day.!"

# Question

What exactly do you want to get, know, understand, or figure out? I want to get a step-by-step action plan on how to break out of a rut and perform effective actions every day.

# Answer

Good day,

1. "A step-by-step action plan on how to break out of a rut and perform effective actions every day" doesn't exist in reality, and if someone told you otherwise, they deceived you.

2. A rut is a natural part of the process because we face obstacles, don't know how to overcome them at the moment, experience doubts, fears, depression, etc.

3. But we don't give up; we keep looking for solutions, find them, take a step forward, feel joy and inspiration, experience an uplift, and then encounter the next wall.

4. This cycle repeats itself over and over for any creative person trying to grow.

5. The difference between a novice and an experienced person is that the novice doesn't know that this creative cycle is normal, so the novice searches for a "step-by-step action plan on how to break out of a rut and perform effective actions every day."

6. An experienced person understands that there are no step-by-step plans, but there are priorities, focus, and experience, which make it easier to overcome these ruts and move forward with fewer distractions.

A novice seeks motivation, positive emotions, and inspiration.

A professional seeks focus, discipline of thought, and the ability to move forward through awareness rather than emotions.

Emotions drive the novice. For the professional, emotions add new colors to life and fun, but they don't govern their life.

7. Therefore, it's perfectly normal for a novice to jump from side to side, to wander, to search for guaranteed methods, step-by-step plans, and checklists. They focus not on what works but on what is sold to them by info-gypsies - easy solutions to difficult problems.

A novice must spend money, time, mess up a lot, see and understand a lot before becoming a professional, and even then, only if they don't give up.

8. Thus, the question is how to quickly get through this stage, which typically takes beginners many years, from 5 to 15.

9. Naturally, the fastest way to accelerate is to find a mentor in the field you have chosen.

10. A mentor is not someone who sells mentoring - that's a Russian scam for suckers. A real mentor is not someone who teaches. It's someone who has achieved success in your craft and has advanced 4-5 steps further, still remembering all the mistakes.

A real mentor does not sell their time as a service because they earn MORE with their craft than by teaching you.

11. An exception is if the mentor has a stake in what you do, i.e., the mentor has a reason to help grow your business, and that reason is not in the payment for mentoring but in the stake of your business that the mentor helps you create.

12. Finding such a mentor is difficult, and you need to persuade them. Generally, you start by working for them, helping them, and thus learning from them.

This is the most reliable path because you see how a real business operates. Well, from there - you will either learn or not. In startups, the approach is different, but you don't have a startup.

13. Find a successful entrepreneur or several and start working for them, initially for free. This is 100 times more effective than taking courses.

14. The business of courses is to sell you the course, and they don't care about what you do.

But if you help someone, you take on responsibility; you cannot fail because you might get fired.

15. You try your hardest and thus learn. When there is responsibility, your butt is on fire, and therefore you learn. When there is no responsibility and commitment, you won't learn.

16. You just paid money for a course. What responsibility do you have? None, and you won't do anything. But if you borrowed that money from a gangster and had to return it, or else you'd get a soldering iron in the rear, then you'd learn.

17. I don't think Quest is useful for you. You haven't matured enough for it yet. As for personal consultation - even less so. 🤣️