Steal My Strategy for Not Losing Momentum

Are you frustrated that you keep losing momentum? In this blog, I deal with this very common problem so that you don't have to be frustrated by it anymore and I would love for you to steal my strategy for not losing momentum. 

Losing Momentum

As you may have seen, I recently launched The Breakthrough 2025, and we just had the first big session where I took my clients through the phases to be able to create their own Breakthrough Blueprint. Then we have monthly calls now moving forward to make sure that plan gets into place.

Before joining, one of the women told me, "Diane, I think this is the right option for me because, you know, I get going, and I start doing some stuff, and then I lose momentum." 

Have you ever felt that way?

Losing momentum is the worst when you've already got a little bit of movement going. Getting that motivation in the beginning can be so hard. 

First, it's about believing that you can go for something. Then it's putting the right pieces into place, staying inspired, and then being motivated to go for it. Well, it's so easy to lose momentum and motivation. The sad thing is, if that continues, you're going to lose confidence that you can actually do the thing you're set out to do. I want you to be able to steal my strategy so that you don't lose momentum. 

Now, do I lose momentum? All the freaking time! I do, but there are things I have in place that really help me be able to continue things and keep going.

Why we lose momentum

Reason 1: Burn out

Sometimes we go too hard, too fast, and we burn out. If you could imagine running a race, even a 5K race, and you decide the first kilometer you're going to sprint the whole way - probably you won't even be able to sprint a full kilometer - but you decide to sprint, and now you're like, "This is too much. Can I even finish?" 

That's often what happens when people go for goals. They're so inspired, so excited, they've got this surge of energy, and they try to do it all, and they start neglecting themselves and their needs.

If I'm going to keep my momentum going, I need to make sure that I am properly fed (I get hangry), that I have the right amount of sleep, that I'm caring for my emotional needs, whether that be by doing my daily devotions, praying, journaling, walking, phoning a friend, whatever it may be, so that my emotional and mental needs are being met. Super crucial.

Reason 2: You get stuck

At some point you get stuck, and then you go, 

• "Shoot, what am I supposed to do? I don't know how to do this.” 
• "I don't know the answer.”
• "I don't know what to do now." 

You're stuck in the place of, "This happened, and I'm stuck, and I'm here, and I don't know how to move forward."

I encourage you to adopt a "How can I?" approach. Now, it's not always easy to have the "How can I?" approach when you're by yourself. Because you're in a silo. It's like if you think of a field with a tree in it, and it's windy, and that tree is being battered because it's by itself. 

The key thing for momentum and for being able to figure out those times that you're stuck, is to have others around you.

Have others for the strategy. Then you can say, "Hey, this is where I'm at. How do I move forward?" Have others for the support and the cheerleading, so they can tell you," Come on, you can do it". Also, have people around you for accountability. 

Because how many times are you feeling stuck, but you're not really stuck? Maybe there's some sort of limiting belief holding you back. You need others there to be able to call you out and be like, "Get over it. Let’s go. Get it done!"

Also, when you are in the first stage, when you go too hard too fast, you need people around you to remind you: 

• "Hey, pace yourself" 
• "Hey, you're leading to burnout" 
• "Hey, I've noticed you're changing" 
• "You're not looking good" 
• "Stop. You need to take a day off. You can't work 24/7, every day of the week, all month. You just can't."

Reason 3: Negative self-talk

Another piece is you start to believe the negative self-talk. If you are burnt out or you're stuck for too long, the negative limiting beliefs are there as well. 

How do you manage that? Well, there's so much we can do with coaching.

But what I do, even before all of that, is I make sure when I'm winning, when I'm achieving, when I've checked things off my list, that first I am celebrating my accomplishment. Second, that I am being witnessed by others because I'm sharing with them what I’ve done, and third I'm pulling the wisdom from each win.

This is a crucial piece of my year, and a crucial piece of every time I accomplish something. 

Now in The Breakthrough 2025, when we went through the reflection process - boy, did people perk up. Being celebrated by sharing and having other people acknowledge them was huge. 

Later on, you’ll be able to use the gained confidence as momentum to get past the lack of motivation or inspiration. At any point when we feel we have run out of the confidence to keep going, we can look at past successes to help you to continue on.

Motivation Mountain

Years ago, I did another blog around the Motivation Mountain and the importance of celebrating successes at the top of the mountain, at your achievement, at your peak, rather than climbing all the way down and up again. Because a lot of times it's the down, it's the valley, it's the stuckness, where we lose motivation, confidence, we get into our limiting beliefs and we get burnt out. That's when we need the momentum from the celebration, from the achievement, from the learning, from the golden nuggets.

That's what we did at the kickoff session of The Breakthrough 2025. This client who joined, who said, "Every time I get going, I just seem to lose focus, and lose momentum". That's not going to happen for her now. Why? She's not going to be burnt out because we have a plan for how she's going to move ahead with a Blueprint of tools, values, themes, guidelines that are going to help her stay the course.

She's not going to feel like a silo. She's not going to be stuck because she's got my strategy, the cheering of the group, the accountability of a structure and these monthly calls. Even better, in VIP, where you get one-on-one calls with me, laser sessions and additional mastermind Hot Seat times every month. She's not going to lose momentum, motivation, inspiration, or confidence because she followed my process of reflecting, redefining and realizing.

Wrapping Up

If you want to fully steal (or let’s say use) my strategy, I encourage you to show up for The Breakthrough 2025. Yes, our main session is complete, but you have access to the recordings. You have access to me through a private online group, and you have our monthly calls for support - to make sure that not only do you not lose momentum, but you actually get to hit the accelerator button and go even faster.

While you may think, "I missed out. I missed the boat of the Jan 6th session," think again. We've got 12 months, girl! We've got 12 months to do this together. 

Do you want to invite me to plan with you, to support you, to cheer you on and give you strategy along the way? Then make sure you click the link to pick up The Breakthrough 2025. 

You definitely will be grateful to yourself that you did, and you get to join an amazing community of women who are planning boldly, living intentionally, achieving purposefully, and they're going to reach all their goals with tons of momentum. 

Read my other blogs:

1. Designing Your Breakthrough Year: How to Start Now
2. How The Belief “It’s Never Enough” Sabotages Your Happiness
3. 6 Reasons Why High-Achievers Often Feel They Need to Do or Be More to Feel Valued