­Limitless 7: Plateau Busting Overload Reload

What do you do when what used to work, no longer works? Success can seem easy to attain early on, but it rarely remains this way.

It is normal to find yourself in a plateau.

A plateau is a prolonged time with effort, but little to no success. How do we bust the plateau?

We change! We need to give #1 more effort and #2 different effort. Our physical body reveals how to grow.

We need to undergo an Overload & Reload

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Welcome everyone to Redemption Church. My name is Chris Fluitt and I welcome everyone in the room as well as those watching and listening online.

We are in the final week of our Limitless series.

LIMITLESS

Our God is limitless, and you are made in His image. God has placed limitless potential within you.

However, over the past 2 weeks, we talked about behaviors and habits that can bring limits on our life.

We talked about the comparison trap. The best person to compare yourself to is who you were yesterday. You need to gain a slight edge over who you were yesterday. This will lead to limitless success.

Last week we talked about a double-minded trajectory. That is when we have our goals and dreams firmly in our mind but we have a double-minded behavior that takes us away from our goals.

One of those double-minded behaviors is procrastination. It eats our time… and time is one thing we have that is not limitless.

Today I want to talk to you about the dreaded Plateau.

PLATEAU

Everything starts off good. Making success!

Then there is a time where you put in the effort… yet no success.

And then when things go south, we give up because we have the mindset that we shouldn’t even bother if we won’t succeed. 

A plateau is a prolonged time with effort, but no success.

Raise your hand if you ever experienced a plateau?

You can experience a plateau in any area of your life. Health, finances, career, relationships…

The question is this… “What do you do when what used to work, no longer works?”

CHANGE BUSTS THE PLATEAU

When what you are doing isn’t working, it is time to change. How can you change?

#1 More Effort. #2 Different Effort.

I need to be open and transparent with you. I am an addict. I have a drinking problem… a coke problem… more exactly… a Diet Coke problem.

2 years ago I went back to the gym. I saw instant results. Lost some weight, gained some muscle and strength… but this year I looked in the mirror and realized I was in a plateau. So I looked at my workout routine… gave more effort. I looked at my diet and really cleaned up my eating… different effort. Yet I still wasn’t seeing the change I wanted to see… So I decided the one thing I have not changed is that I still drink A LOT OF DIET SODA.

If you have seen me at Connect Groups you know that I can drink a lot of diet soda. It really is an addiction. It was a hard decision but I decided 3 weeks ago to no longer drink diet soda and that artificial sweetener.

I said to myself… “I am working TOO HARD to not see PROGRESS. I NEED TO CHANGE.”

This was more effort. This was a different effort. But I can already feel the change for the better.

If you are in a plateau you need to say to yourself… I AM WORKING TOO HARD TO NOT SEE PROGRESS. I NEED TO CHANGE.

BE HONEST

Be honest about the plateau. You can’t change the problem until you are honest about the plateau.

We make excuses that keep us in the plateau. “I can’t help that people keep bringing donuts to work.”

We make self-justifications that keep us in the plateau. “I said those awful things and keyed her car, but she deserved everything she got because of those things she did in the past.”

Blaming others instead of owning our problem keeps us in the plateau. I have trouble quitting smoking, but if you had my childhood…”

Be honest. You are in this plateau and it will take your effort to get out of it!

SPOT IT QUICKLY

Many people never beat the plateau, because they don’t recognize it. They aren’t paying attention to their trajectory or comparing themselves to who they were yesterday.

To change the plateau you must spot the plateau. And we need to spot the plateau quickly!

You will waste time until you spot the problem. Days, weeks, months, and years where you don’t grow.

Raise your hand if you are working too hard to not experience growth and success in your life.

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