How is momentum lost?
One definition of momentum is, “force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events.”
For an object moving in a line, the momentum is the mass of the object multiplied by its velocity. And so that means that a slowly moving, massive body and a rapidly moving, light-weight body can have the same momentum.
Pretty cool huh?
So when you lose momentum (whatever your mass) you are no longer moving. You have stopped doing the things you know you need to do to be successful.
Why does it happen? Two major things…
- You are not focused on a target or objective. You need a goal. It’s easy to lose momentum when you are unclear about the desired outcome. And not the small day to day goals either… the big goal. Your mission. The “thing” that you are working towards. That ultimate vision must be in front of you.
- You are listening to your ‘inner voice’ and it’s sabotaging you. The inner voice likes to say things like, ‘You can’t call that person. They are too successful. They will never help you/buy from you/talk to you. Wait a while. Do it later.”
So you want to get that momentum back?
Revisit your goal. Keep it simple and focused. Stop listening to the voice in your head telling you what you can’t do and who will reject you. (Guess what, your inner voice assumes everyone is going to reject you!)
Keep a ‘go for no’ mindset and if that inner voice pipes up, shut it down immediately by saying, ‘yep, they may say no to me, and that’s just fine, I am going to try anyway.’
And keep going.
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Comments? Please let me know your thoughts. And if you liked this post, please share! – AW
Aloha Andrea Just wanting to send you a BIG Mahalo (Thank You) for coming on our Digital Connections webinar #MasterKeyExperience last week as our Guest Speaker 🙂
You totally rocked it! I loved everything you shared and your to do social media list is totally valuable to me for this Gratitude!
Love your advise and Im definitely a new follower 🙂
Love to share my advice and that it helped! Thx for the comments 😉
Thank you for sharing so much wisdom on the Sunday #MKE MasterKey training webinar 1/17/16. I have read “Go for No” and gained immensely from it. The #MKE training is, now, the 3rd different group to have recommended your book.
Energizing post, Andrea! I wanted to take a moment to thank you for sharing with us on the MKE Digital Connections webinar last week. The advice is much appreciated!
Hi Shirley, thanks so much! My pleasure.
Andrea – Short post with sweet content! Focus & Vision are everything! BTW – many thanks for the fantastic training you shared with the MKMMA folks. Should see serious momentum from everyone as a result. Cheers!
Dennis thanks so much, appreciate the comments!
Andrea, thank you so much for sharing this post. It is persistent continuous action that gets us to our goal; from an outside perspective it is seen as momentum. Also, thank you for your fabulous presentation to Mark and Davene’s group. I really enjoyed the Twitter chat with you after the meeting.
Hey Robert, glad you liked it! Thx for the comment 😉
Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed the read. It’s short, precise and to the point!
Thanks Chris!
Wow that is a powerful definition! Great advise to not listen to your monkey brain head… LOL :0 Mahalo for all you do!
Thank you for being guest speaker for MarkJ & Davene’s MasterKey webcast.
You were awesome.
I realised that I have lost some momentum and will be re-applying the principles of MKMMA
RonA