Let’s talk about breaking past “the wall.”

I’m talking about those moments when you need a boost of motivation and willpower to get through your most important tasks.

Marathon runners face 'the wall' - that critical point of exhaustion when glycogen stores are depleted. To an untrained athlete, it feels like you could not possibly go on.

But if they push through, they experience a second wind as the body transitions over to burning fat instead of glycogen. You, as an entrepreneur, face a similar 'wall' in monotonous or unrewarding tasks.

Today, I'll share a transformative story of a client who realized that mental barriers are often just a mirage. By learning to break through his 'productivity wall' he tapped into hidden reservoirs of focus and energy.

When you hit your wall, step into the discomfort on purpose. Treat this like an experiment and let’s observe the results.

If you use up your motivation, it's gone. The gas tank is empty, depleted.

No. Willpower isn't like running out of gas. Willpower is more like an emotion. We don't run out of fear, joy, anger, love...but they do ebb and flow.

I challenge you to THINK about how you're THINKING. We can reframe your perspective so that you don't need to increase or muster up motivation with extreme effort.

Not getting the results you want?

You might just be bored. And boredom is tough.

But let's diagnosis why the enthusiasm for your original entrepreneurial dream started to decline.

It's because your task list is disconnected from your core values. It's because your current environment is not relevant to your true goals.

In this week's challenge, we will discuss building the bridge between to-do's and the dream. Decide. Believe. Connect.

There's a great (free) resource brought to you by someone I highly regard and mention in the video.

You can catch Day 1 of the Dan Nicholson "7 Days of Certainty" here.

A river doesn’t use willpower to flow through the landscape. It just glides downhill effortlessly.

Just like that river, your focus can flow in the right directions when your environment is molded for success. This week's video challenges you to re-engineer your surroundings.

Instead of solely relying on willpower, make your environment pull out the most productive version of you.

Think of it as creating a riverbed for your daily energy, directing it where you most want it to flow.

Even the accomplished farsighted entrepreneur can find themselves in a moment of depleted willpower.

You don't feel like doing anything. But at the same time you know your action is required to get to your goals.

How do you flex your self-control muscle? How can you take the plunge when motivation isn't there? You can develop this skill and act before you FEEL like it.