Small Bumps

It has happened again…. A Monday, bad start, got criticized, and I have an exam tomorrow.  No breakfast, about to go workout, and I have much less drive than usual.

But this is when small bumps on the road come into play.  The ones that don’t really make a difference, but you feel them.  I pause and reflect of all these bad things:

“What if today was just Monday, but everything else was great? Then it’s just a Monday.”

“What if I had a bad start?  Then I can change it to make it better.”

“If I have no breakfast, then I’ll eat as soon as my workout is done so I can get back on track.”

It surprises me to be able to give the answer to all my problems today if they were separated.  The biggest question is: Do all these small problems equal one big problem?  Absolutely not.  As a matter of fact, this gives me a profound new outlook to life.

If today has many problems, I have what it takes to make it a great day.

My worst days make me my best.

I preach and implement this a lot to my Team because I have found it to be true time and time again.  Through struggles we find ways to succeed.  Through tragedies, we find ways to cope.  Through life changing events, we find life changing pathways.  It’s similar to experience- we learn from it.

But only if we voluntarily do so.

Over a year ago, if I had the exact same type of day- more negative than anything else- I would just stay home.  Do nothing.  Wouldn’t learn, help, reach out for answers, or even eat.  I would be rather ‘wait it out’.

What has changed that type of outlook?  One way is to cut up a bad day into productive sections like I stated earlier.  Fix, repair, and learn from each ‘bad thing’ and turn it into a valuable insight for future reference.  That’s something I felt I needed to share with you, and I’ll share another ‘bad day’ to ‘great day’ solution on Thursday.  What do you do on days like this?

 

With Your Health and Success In Mind,

Coach Peter Hanz