100% Money-Back Guaranteed to Help You Escape Mediocrity

One of the most common questions I get via DM or email goes something like this: “How can I escape mediocrity when I feel so stuck, so confused, so depressed, so overwhelmed, so [fill in a similar adjective]?

First let me say that anyone who puts themselves out there- even those who appear to be INCREDIBLY successful – knows what this feels like. So if you find yourself in this space, cut yourself some slack and know that others have come before you and gotten through it.

How to get through it can take many forms and people far greater than I have written entire books on this very subject. But today I am going to propose a different kind of “cure” if you will. One that does not involve a lot of internal work or even external work – on yourself anyway.

And this cure is GUARANTEED to shift your outlook and your thinking, that I can promise you. And it is one of the most powerful tools in my personal arsenal for escaping mediocrity.

What is this powerful, 100% money back guaranteed cure?

Find someone who is in worse shape than you are and go help them.

Radical isn’t it?!

And believe me, I’ve heard every excuse in the book for not trying this cure.

“I don’t have time.”

“I don’t have the energy.”

“I need to stay focused on my own business.”

Etc., etc.

To which I respond, “Well, then you must be content with the way you are feeling. Good luck to you.”

Why do I believe so strongly in helping others? Because over and over again I see these kinds of results in my own business/life – and the businesses/lives of those who embrace the strategy:

1) When I help someone who is in worse shape than I am, I immediately have a shift in perspective on the ACTUAL size of my problems.

2) When I stop staring at my own belly-button for five minutes, all kinds of solutions start presenting themselves.

3) I am a big believer in the karmic boomerang. I’ve never EVER seen it miss.

Need ideas for a place to start helping? I’m so glad because I have a GREAT suggestion!

Starting at midnight PST tonight, September 28, an organization near and dear to my heart, 12 for 12k, is pulling off a 24 hour tweet-a-thon for the non-profit Doctors Without Borders.

From their website: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.

Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need.

For ways you can help Doctors Without Borders through this tweetathon, check out this page.

Even if this event/non-profit isn’t for you or if you read this post after the event is over, I hope you will choose someone, somewhere, to reach out to and offer your help.

It’s a complete game-changer. I promise.

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http://www.tanveernaseer.com/blog Tanveer Naseer

Hi Sarah,I think this is a great idea – and reminder – for those who are feeling stuck in that groove we all find ourselves trapped in every now and then. I'm sure one common feeling we all have when we're down in those trenches is a feeling of helplessness, that we lack the ability to solve whatever problem(s) are hanging over our head. While helping someone else with whatever problem they might have won't necessarily help you figure out how to fix your own, it's a wonderful and powerful reminder that all of us have it within ourselves to make a difference, to help make things better. It also reminds us that sometimes you can't go it alone and you need to reach out to others to help you get yourself back up.It's definitely a game-changing idea, one where everybody wins.
http://www.tanveernaseer.com/blog Tanveer Naseer

Hi Sarah,

I think this is a great idea – and reminder – for those who are feeling stuck in that groove we all find ourselves trapped in every now and then. I'm sure one common feeling we all have when we're down in those trenches is a feeling of helplessness, that we lack the ability to solve whatever problem(s) are hanging over our head. While helping someone else with whatever problem they might have won't necessarily help you figure out how to fix your own, it's a wonderful and powerful reminder that all of us have it within ourselves to make a difference, to help make things better. It also reminds us that sometimes you can't go it alone and you need to reach out to others to help you get yourself back up.

It's definitely a game-changing idea, one where everybody wins.
http://www.tanveernaseer.com/blog Tanveer Naseer

Hi Sarah,

I think this is a great idea – and reminder – for those who are feeling stuck in that groove we all find ourselves trapped in every now and then. I'm sure one common feeling we all have when we're down in those trenches is a feeling of helplessness, that we lack the ability to solve whatever problem(s) are hanging over our head. While helping someone else with whatever problem they might have won't necessarily help you figure out how to fix your own, it's a wonderful and powerful reminder that all of us have it within ourselves to make a difference, to help make things better. It also reminds us that sometimes you can't go it alone and you need to reach out to others to help you get yourself back up.

It's definitely a game-changing idea, one where everybody wins.
http://www.tanveernaseer.com/ Tanveer Naseer

Hi Sarah,

I think this is a great idea – and reminder – for those who are feeling stuck in that groove we all find ourselves trapped in every now and then. I’m sure one common feeling we all have when we’re down in those trenches is a feeling of helplessness, that we lack the ability to solve whatever problem(s) are hanging over our head. While helping someone else with whatever problem they might have won’t necessarily help you figure out how to fix your own, it’s a wonderful and powerful reminder that all of us have it within ourselves to make a difference, to help make things better. It also reminds us that sometimes you can’t go it alone and you need to reach out to others to help you get yourself back up.

It’s definitely a game-changing idea, one where everybody wins.

Anonymous

Love it Tanveer. Yes – we ALWAYS have to power to help someone else – no matter how dire we believe our own circumstances to be. And in my book, asking for and giving help is a sign of supreme strength. Thank you for both of those reminders.

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http://www.otheresteem.org monedays

You know I completely agree with this, Sarah! That's what otheresteem is all about! Its what it does for YOUR life that is usually impressive, even if what you do for others seems like a small thing. When my eldest was about 6, he was throwing a fit one day and saying he was useless! (I hated that idea and wanted to counter it), so I took out a loaf of bread and had him (tearfully, grudgingly) make sandwiches. We then put them into a basket and headed to the streets. As we drove around to less priviledged parts of town or street corners where kids were wiping window shields, I asked him to give away the food he had made. Every time he stepped out with that basket and gave a sandwich away, he would return to the car with a brighter face. By the end of the 45 minute outing, he was beaming! I asked him if he still felt he was worthless. He smiled at me and said “No, there's always something I can do for somebody!” Neither one of us has ever forgotten that day!
http://www.otheresteem.org monedays

You know I completely agree with this, Sarah! That's what otheresteem is all about! Its what it does for YOUR life that is usually impressive, even if what you do for others seems like a small thing. When my eldest was about 6, he was throwing a fit one day and saying he was useless! (I hated that idea and wanted to counter it), so I took out a loaf of bread and had him (tearfully, grudgingly) make sandwiches. We then put them into a basket and headed to the streets. As we drove around to less priviledged parts of town or street corners where kids were wiping window shields, I asked him to give away the food he had made. Every time he stepped out with that basket and gave a sandwich away, he would return to the car with a brighter face. By the end of the 45 minute outing, he was beaming! I asked him if he still felt he was worthless. He smiled at me and said “No, there's always something I can do for somebody!” Neither one of us has ever forgotten that day!
http://www.otheresteem.org monedays

You know I completely agree with this, Sarah! That's what otheresteem is all about! Its what it does for YOUR life that is usually impressive, even if what you do for others seems like a small thing. When my eldest was about 6, he was throwing a fit one day and saying he was useless! (I hated that idea and wanted to counter it), so I took out a loaf of bread and had him (tearfully, grudgingly) make sandwiches. We then put them into a basket and headed to the streets. As we drove around to less priviledged parts of town or street corners where kids were wiping window shields, I asked him to give away the food he had made. Every time he stepped out with that basket and gave a sandwich away, he would return to the car with a brighter face. By the end of the 45 minute outing, he was beaming! I asked him if he still felt he was worthless. He smiled at me and said “No, there's always something I can do for somebody!” Neither one of us has ever forgotten that day!
http://www.otheresteem.org monedays

You know I completely agree with this, Sarah! That’s what otheresteem is all about! Its what it does for YOUR life that is usually impressive, even if what you do for others seems like a small thing. When my eldest was about 6, he was throwing a fit one day and saying he was useless! (I hated that idea and wanted to counter it), so I took out a loaf of bread and had him (tearfully, grudgingly) make sandwiches. We then put them into a basket and headed to the streets. As we drove around to less priviledged parts of town or street corners where kids were wiping window shields, I asked him to give away the food he had made. Every time he stepped out with that basket and gave a sandwich away, he would return to the car with a brighter face. By the end of the 45 minute outing, he was beaming! I asked him if he still felt he was worthless. He smiled at me and said “No, there’s always something I can do for somebody!” Neither one of us has ever forgotten that day!

Anonymous

What a gift of a lifetime you gave him in that afternoon Monica. Just wow. We’ve taken the Young Turk to serve meals in homeless shelters and to deliver toys to a homeless daycare. I think children CRAVE the power in these lessons, don’t you?!

sarahrobinson

Love it Tanveer. Yes – we ALWAYS have to power to help someone else – no matter how dire we believe our own circumstances to be. And in my book, asking for and giving help is a sign of supreme strength. Thank you for both of those reminders.
sarahrobinson

Love it Tanveer. Yes – we ALWAYS have to power to help someone else – no matter how dire we believe our own circumstances to be. And in my book, asking for and giving help is a sign of supreme strength. Thank you for both of those reminders.
sarahrobinson

Love it Tanveer. Yes – we ALWAYS have to power to help someone else – no matter how dire we believe our own circumstances to be. And in my book, asking for and giving help is a sign of supreme strength. Thank you for both of those reminders.
sarahrobinson

What a gift of a lifetime you gave him in that afternoon Monica. Just wow. We've taken the Young Turk to serve meals in homeless shelters and to deliver toys to a homeless daycare. I think children CRAVE the power in these lessons, don't you?!
sarahrobinson

What a gift of a lifetime you gave him in that afternoon Monica. Just wow. We've taken the Young Turk to serve meals in homeless shelters and to deliver toys to a homeless daycare. I think children CRAVE the power in these lessons, don't you?!
sarahrobinson

What a gift of a lifetime you gave him in that afternoon Monica. Just wow. We've taken the Young Turk to serve meals in homeless shelters and to deliver toys to a homeless daycare. I think children CRAVE the power in these lessons, don't you?!
http://rawfoodswitch.com Nathalie Lussier

I love it! It's something we often forget, myself included. Helping others totally lifts us out of “belly-button staring mode” like you so elegantly put it.

Time to get a-moving on this!
http://rawfoodswitch.com Nathalie Lussier

I love it! It's something we often forget, myself included. Helping others totally lifts us out of “belly-button staring mode” like you so elegantly put it.

Time to get a-moving on this!
http://rawfoodswitch.com/ Nathalie Lussier

I love it! It's something we often forget, myself included. Helping others totally lifts us out of “belly-button staring mode” like you so elegantly put it. Time to get a-moving on this!
http://nathalielussier.com Nathalie Lussier

I love it! It’s something we often forget, myself included. Helping others totally lifts us out of “belly-button staring mode” like you so elegantly put it.

Time to get a-moving on this!
carolynjones

Sarah, I love your cure for feeling down about oneself, trying escape mediocrity… Interestingly, 12 step programs also have this motto. If you want to stay quit, help someone! Do service! And you're right… it works!!! Nice blog, I hope to be back again soon. )
carolynjones

Sarah, I love your cure for feeling down about oneself, trying escape mediocrity… Interestingly, 12 step programs also have this motto. If you want to stay quit, help someone! Do service! And you're right… it works!!! Nice blog, I hope to be back again soon. )
carolynjones

Sarah, I love your cure for feeling down about oneself, trying escape mediocrity… Interestingly, 12 step programs also have this motto. If you want to stay quit, help someone! Do service! And you're right… it works!!! Nice blog, I hope to be back again soon. )
Anonymous

Sarah, I love your cure for feeling down about oneself, trying escape mediocrity… Interestingly, 12 step programs also have this motto. If you want to stay quit, help someone! Do service! And you’re right… it works!!! Nice blog, I hope to be back again soon. )
http://ItStartsWith.Us/ ItStartsWithUs

“Find someone who is in worse shape than you are and go help them.”BAM
http://ItStartsWith.Us ItStartsWithUs

“Find someone who is in worse shape than you are and go help them.”

BAM
http://ItStartsWith.Us Nate St. Pierre

“Find someone who is in worse shape than you are and go help them.”

BAM
http://ItStartsWith.Us Nate St. Pierre

“Find someone who is in worse shape than you are and go help them.”

BAM
http://ItStartsWith.Us Nate St. Pierre

“Find someone who is in worse shape than you are and go help them.”

BAM
http://ItStartsWith.Us Nate St. Pierre

“Find someone who is in worse shape than you are and go help them.”

BAM
http://feelinggood.info momofmany12

Sarah, thank you for what you are doing. I’ve just recently gotten involved with giving to Doctors without Borders. They’ve REAL people giving REAL solutions. They;ve just partnered with Mannarelief in providing Real food for 16 cents a day! SPARE CHANGE FOR REAL CHANGE. fOR 16CENTS A DAY YOU CAN GIVE A CHILD HOPE THROUGH THE MOST ADVANCED FORM OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. That can provide a child nutrients their growing bodies desperately need. The couch change is important to someone! Give it, and change a life!Even my 8 year old said Mom, I’ve got 16 cents. Here ….I want to help…make a difference!
http://feelinggood.info momofmany12

Sarah, thank you for what you are doing. I've just recently gotten involved with giving to Doctors without Borders. They've REAL people giving REAL solutions. They;ve just partnered with Mannarelief in providing Real food for 16 cents a day! SPARE CHANGE FOR REAL CHANGE. fOR 16CENTS A DAY YOU CAN GIVE A CHILD HOPE THROUGH THE MOST ADVANCED FORM OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. That can provide a child nutrients their growing bodies desperately need. The couch change is important to someone! Give it, and change a life!Even my 8 year old said Mom, I've got 16 cents. Here ….I want to help…make a difference!

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