Fly headlong into headwinds … and suddenly you're faced with instant choices to navigate your brain toward or away from your target. It just happened to a good friend. 
The phone rang two weeks after he'd invested heavily ... in what promised to be the deal of the year. His project partner simply pulled out.
No explanations … just a mumbled apology ... and awkward pauses.
My highly respected colleague watched his chief revenue stream vanish - and with it his income for the entire term.
What do you do to survive such storms?
Unfortunately, most people's brains tend to work against them in these tough times …. Luckily though, you can deliberately redirect brainpower back toward new goals.
Did you know the human brain is equipped with natural chemicals to help you through even the most brutal headwinds?
You know; although it never feels like it at the time, situations like this can often result in some of the most life-changing - and exciting - growth experiences! The key is flexibility, resilience - whatever you want to call it - and it's probably the most useful personal quality I've ever managed to develop.
It causes us to look at the situation in new ways (that we'd never have considered otherwise). Almost always there are new opportunities just waiting to be discovered - some of which may be even better than the original plan!
Posted by: Robert Hruzek | December 20, 2007 6:00 AM | Permalink to Comment