Skip to main content

Dealing with a blow!

It is not an easy thing to deal with a blow. It comes unexpectedly. And it hurts really bad.

That surprise is the real problem. We are blindsided by which circumstances cause trouble and deal us a blow.

The surprise stems from unpreparedness to face situations. Sometimes these situations can have binary outcomes. That makes the blow really hard because options are limited. Clearly favorable or absolutely unfavorable. We miss a step, and we have an impact of a significant loss of opportunity. We get one step right, and we are on the winning side.

The surprise also stems from temperament. We must always know delicate situations depend on the last-minute composure as we enter the main frey. Composure massively weighs on the outcomes.

Preparing with extra care and diligence is an excellent way to handle delicate situations. A better way is to work on temperament with sufficient exposure to the big-day environment.

Organize practice that tests our nerves as it would in real life. It can save the day. That is the only way to deal with an impending blow. Perhaps even avoid it!


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Checks and balances!

Defining a good purpose, setting a target goal and getting people working on them is usually not enough! There are too many aspects involved in getting the results we want. For example, there is an aspect of painting the big picture, working on motivation management, productivity tracking, building experimentation labs, and erecting resilient systems that systematize the workflows. Just putting bodies to work and defining milestones rarely achieves the right results. The other aspects that help march towards the milestones in an orderly manner, they are equally important. At the very least, they make objectives widely understandable and results more attainable. The job of a thought leader is to enable progress and enable recovery. Therefore, it is never enough to have just ideas. Those with ideas also have the responsibility to assemble the work environment in such a way as to create situations containing the energy disperses. Energy dispersal from lack of clarity, loss of motivation, ...

Liked? Or Respected?

It is easy to bend backwards and accomodate others. When you do so, it is obvious to generate affection that leads to you being likeable. You tend to be always available, seek others' attention more that what your needs are for yourself, or do things to transactionally connect with others. As long as you continue doing what others prefer, you are sure to be liked! And who does not like to liked like that! People pleasing acts have huge downsides. It is different when you set boundaries, take a principled stand about when do you indulge with collaborative activity involving others and when you focus on your priorities. Principles drive energies, brings rigor and sets responsibilities. It is governed with consistency and you come across that uniform, thought and consistent in any and every situation as against preferential. Obviously, principled person is hard to pierce into. When you do, you will discover rythem of clear communication, prioritisation, importance of building long-ter...

Own it!

Owning is an act of proactive work.  You own through willingness and willingness emerges as a result of feeling the sense of belonging. Initiative helps define baby steps that gives you access to responsibility. Responsibility allows you to take actions that give you the power to influence but never control the outcomes. However, this act of taking baby steps eventually lets us be owners - of our own decisions. Owning vital responsibility usually results in desired results and happiness for yourselves or owning responsibility can sometimes mean taking an arduous endless path to make those around you happy. The best you can do is to own your decisions and accept the outcomes you get.