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Are You Stuck? A Quick Survey to Identify If You Are

May 14, 2018 by Matt Perman

How can you tell if you are stuck? The following is adapted from the “Unstuck Clinic” at the end of chapter 2 of How to Get Unstuck. It can help you know if you are stuck and, if so, in what areas. (Once you’ve identified that, how do you get unstuck? Well, that’s what the book is for!)

The Unstuck Clinic

Note: Writing down your answers to the questions has been scientifically shown to be more effective than just reading the questions or thinking bout the answers in your head.

What Does it Mean to be Stuck?
We get stuck in our productivity when we don’t know where we should be going, don’t know how to get there, or keep encountering obstacles.

Are You Stuck?
What are the biggest ways you are stuck right now? Take a few minutes to reflect, and write them down.

Taking it Deeper: Diagnostic Questions
To help you think this through further, here are a few diagnostic questions grouped into the three areas where we get stuck in our productivity.

Vision

  • Are you accomplishing what God wants you to accomplish?
  • Do you know what God wants you to accomplish?
  • When you accomplish your goals, do you feel they were the right goals?

Execution

  • Do you feel prepared for each day?
  • Are you completing things on time?
  • Are you unhurried?
  • Are you making progress toward your goals?
  • Do you like the approach you have for managing your work?
  • Are you able to get from where you are to where you want to be?
  • Are you able to accomplish the things that matter most to you?

Obstacles

  • How often do you get in the zone in a typical workweek?
  • In your work, are you able to do what you do best every day?

Need help getting unstuck? If so, I wrote How to Get Unstuck to help!

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Matt is the author of What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done and a frequent speaker on leadership and productivity from a gospel-driven perspective. He has led the website teams at Desiring God and Made to Flourish, and is now director of career development at The King’s College NYC. He lives in Manhattan.

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