Breaking Out of a Rut

In thinking about being stuck, I come back to Executive Functioning skills, especially Task Initiation and Persistence. Why is it so easy to get stuck or fall into rigid habits that hold us back from our potential or from our successes? What patterns are we slipping in to that prevent us from moving forwards?

This episode from Hidden Brain (www.hiddenbrain.org) discusses how our mind traps us as well as how our brain can help us with momentum when feeling we've hit a plateau. We like the scenarios discussed where professionals, musicians, and artists share their challenges of stagnation/stuck-ness in their work, and we particularly like the creative tips, strategies, and forward-thinking ideas that lead to the actions that move us beyond. Check out this episode from Hidden Brain:

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There are times in life when the challenges we face feel insurmountable. Authors succumb to writer’s block. Athletes and artists hit a plateau. People of a certain age fall into a midlife crisis. These are all different ways of saying: I’m stuck. This week, in the kickoff to our annual You 2.0 series, psychologist Adam Alter shares his research on why we all get stuck at various points in our lives, and how to break free.