How to Overcome Feeling Tired or Down

All right, welcome back to The Daily Mastermind, George Wright III with your daily dose of inspiration, motivation, and education. Welcome back to episode 769. Wow, we've been doing this for a hot minute. I hope you're having a great morning and things have started off well for you. It's Monday morning. How are you feeling about your week so far? How are you feeling about getting started? Are you motivated? inspired, ready to go, I would bet that if you're like most people, you're probably thinking, oh man, here we go again. Freak, it's Monday. I've had a lot of days like that. In fact, more often than not. And I believe it's pretty typical. It's pretty typical that it's going to happen more often than not. In fact, it's probably going to happen even when you're working on your plan and you're passionate and love what you do, those ups and down days, you know what I mean? But you're not alone. And it doesn't mean that you're not driven or motivated when you have thoughts like that. It simply means that you're just human. And it's a typical response when you feel possibly overwhelmed with the path that you're on. See, a lot of times we think when you don't have a plan that you're going to feel unmotivated and tired. But generally, and most often, it's the high performers. It's the execution. It's the high level performers that are going to have those feelings of overwhelm. In fact, I would argue that the more outside your comfort zone that you are and the more challenging you make the road, which is what we're trying to do, right? We're trying to challenge ourselves and grow. And so when you're in growth mode, that's when you're going to feel the most overwhelmed. And you have to learn to shift the way you look at things. You have to learn that this is a positive and turn those feelings of overwhelm and feeling tired into fuel to push you further. Turn it into a challenge. Remember prosperity pillar number three is I act in spite of my mood. Nobody feels like hitting up early in the morning. Nobody feels like hitting the gym. Nobody feels like punching Monday morning in the face and getting rolling. But you don have to feel like doing things to do them And you don have to feel motivated and inspired to get results to get a return You don have to have more good days than bad days I mean I so tired of comments that people say, well, you know, you just got to have more good days than bad days. Don't worry about it when you're not feeling well. Maybe that's when you need to rest. Maybe that's when you need to take a break. Maybe you need to listen to your body. That's all bull. You just need to execute. You don't need rest. You just need to push through it. You don't need to get over being overwhelmed. You just need to start. You just need to start. See, it's in those moments that define us. It's in the moments when you don't feel like acting that you do that define you. See, so many people feel like, I just have to do really well on my good days and it'll make up for the bad days. or they say, focus on your strengths and your weaknesses won't be a big deal. No, look, you've got to learn that the moments that define you are the moments when you feel overwhelmed. The moments that will create the results, fulfillment, happiness, and success in your life are the moments when you are questioning what you should do. When you're given a choice, whether you roll back over in bed and give that snooze bar two or three or four or five more hits, or whether you try to clear your schedule, take a little break, you're not feeling well, rest up, or whether you choose to push forward, whether you choose to take it to the next level. So here's what I want to do. I want to give you a few suggestions, maybe solutions today, because when you're in that moment, when you're in that mindset, it's tough to come up with them, right? So the first and most important thing I want to mention to you is that you have to prepare yourself in advance for the bad days or the days when you're feeling tired. You have to prepare yourself in advance. Now, the obvious way to prepare yourself is to create mental discipline and daily rituals that will carry you through it. You've got to do that in advance. But what I would say is when you're in those difficult times, ask yourself, what can you do to change your state? What can you do to change your current state of being? That feeling of tired, that feeling of overwhelm, that feeling of mental you know there a physical tired and a mental tired What can you do to change your state There so many things you can do Practice gratitude The minute you start thinking about what you grateful for you not worried about the obstacles How about moving? Moving is the number one suggestion I have. Get up, take a walk, move around, go to the gym. I can't tell you how many days I didn't feel like getting out of bed, but after I had got home from the gym, I thought, man, I had a win. I did it. This is good. You know, if you're really struggling, take a 60-second, one-minute, two-minute cold shower. I can promise you that'll wake you up. There's no question about it. Just tell yourself, I'm doing this and get going. How can you change your state? Sometimes with people, it's music. What songs can you play? What can you have ready on your phone to play some music, a motivational podcast? Go play a video. I've had mornings I've gotten up. I just have not felt like doing anything. You throw on a little David Goggins or a little Jocko or a video or some audio or a podcast. Next thing you know, your mind is getting that energy and you're starting to get that inspiration and creativity back. So how can you change your state? Don't be focused on why you're feeling tired or how to solve that. Get completely away from the problem and focus on solutions. How can you change your state? Second thing I would say is how can you stop making it about you? See, the problem when we feel overwhelmed, when we feel like we're struggling, when we feel like we've got too much on our shoulders, all we're doing is thinking about ourselves. All we're doing is thinking about ourselves. So many times I've motivated myself by just saying, what do I need to do to make sure that my kids are taken care of? What do I need to do to make sure my employees, partners, friends, associates are getting what they need or fulfilling what they need? How do you stop making it about you? because when you get outside making it about you, sometimes we're willing to do more than we would for ourselves. It goes into a whole other like rabbit hole of deep topics on self-esteem, confidence, and things like that. But sometimes, you know, I know some individuals that are totally selfless and they keep themselves going because they're always going for someone else. Now, that's not healthy long term, but it can help you to get out of the state that you're in. And then the other thing, and this relates to that first early on part I told you about preparing in advance. The third thing I would say besides changing your state and not making it about you is just commit in advance. In other words when you make a decision and a commitment in advance that you going to go execute your tasks do your daily rituals get up and go to the gym get up and do your whatever it is When you commit in advance, then you don't question it. Even when you don't feel like it, you do it anyway. You do it anyway because listen, nobody feels like doing those things. But it's the high achievers, the ones that want it bad enough. You know, you say you want what you want, but if your actions don't back it up, then it's doubtful you really want it. You know, it's doubtful you really want it. So just question yourself. Tell yourself, I've already made this decision. This isn't up for debate. Get up and do your thing. Move forward. If you're having a slow afternoon, stand up, move around, change your state, remind yourself it's about other people, and move forward. Because nobody feels like doing those things when they're not. And just remember, it is about what you do and how you execute and how you move forward in the times you don't feel like it. That's the point. and that's what high achievers do. That's what you will do to get more results in your life and that is what will help you to feel happier and more fulfilled because it's that little voice inside your head that's trying to get you to take a break, relax, lay back, just give it a little bit of time that's gonna keep you from your goals. You should not look, that's not you. You're not the voice inside your head. You are the one observing it. you are the one that is hearing it and you're the one telling them no, that's not what's happening here. We're moving forward because you want to create results and you want to make things happen in your life. So that's kind of my message for you. To get you started today is just how can you move forward even when you don't feel like doing it? How can you act in spite of your mood? Do everything you can to change the state that you have. Stop making it about you and commit in advance so you don't have to question it. You'll just move forward anyway. and I promise you, you're going to see a ton of results in your life. That's my message for today. 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