Bounce Back Skills

"Remember, no matter how ready and willing you are, all change is inevitably interspersed with backsliding... but... Everyday Geniuses are programmed to bounce back." p. 165 ~ Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D. from The Gifted Adult

February can be a long month. Especially for us northern folks. Flu, cold weather and shorter days can take it\'s toll, especially on our health and well-being. If your schedule hits a bump in the road (ie: the flu that slammed my house this week)...

are you programmed to bounce back?

Bouncing back from the inevitable downs in the ups and downs is a MANDATORY skill if you want to reach your goals and live to your potential. Because, if you haven't noticed, once in a while things don't go as planned. :)

How do you respond when something goes wrong? Imagine if you had a team of coaches and parents and friends and advisers who shared this wisdom with you when you fell down:

Mary Kay: "For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."

Robert F. Kennedy: "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

David Viscott: "In the end, the only people who fail are those who don't try."

Michael Jordan: "There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?" And, "I've missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

Anthony de Mello (from Awareness): "Get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding, you will be yourself. Relaxed. You wouldn't be driving with your brakes on. That's what would happen."

James Russell Lowell: "Not failure, but low aim, is crime."

Vince Lombardi: "In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail."

Thomas Watson, Sr. (founder of IBM): "The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure."

Are you beating yourself up with every little misstep, missed workout or mistake? Might want to integrate a Jordan-esque air to your perspective on failing and just take the shot!

You can do it! Just get back up, get back out there, you\'re making progress!

Be courageous this week