The business is not going as planned.
Sales are down and expenses are up.
One of your best employees just quit to go work for a competitor and there are some problems at home.
Do any of these things define where you are currently or where you find yourself, from time to time? I know I have my ups and downs and setbacks.
Sometimes you just feel like just giving up and throwing in the towel.
Well, sometimes that is a distinct possibility or even the right thing to do.
But for this writing, I am going to assume that giving up is not an option.
When things begin to pile up on me and I don't see a way out or it all looks real bleak, I usually destroy something.
Once I was working on a little sheetrock repair project and just couldn't make the darn thing work.
I was so frustrated that I took the hammer and began to destroy the wall that I was trying to fix.
When the tantrum was over, I sat there, on the floor, looked at what I had done, and just laughed and laughed.
That time, I took out my anger and frustration on the wall, and it worked.
I started the project from scratch, figured out what I was doing wrong and completed the task.
This may work for you, but if your tantrum leads to hurting someone or destroying something of value, it may be good to find a different way out of your problem.
There are thousands of so called "experts" out there who have written countless books and given countless speeches on this very subject.
What I want to do here is just help you recognize that, from time to time, things may not go well or they may even begin to fall apart, but that should not be a reason to break something or hurt someone or just give up.
Below, I will give you a few of the ideas I have come up with, but each person needs to find his/her outlet to get the anger and frustration under control.
Maybe even in a constructive way.
My list is random but these are some ways in which people I know, have gotten their attitudes mended.
Exercise - hit a golf ball, swing a bat, jog a few miles, swim for 30 minutes, do push up or sit ups, find a punching bag and hit it till your hands hurt or just take a nap.
Do something artistic - play your favorite song, play the piano, get some clay and make something, sing a song, get a canvas and paint something, make a carving.
Eat - go to your favorite restaurant or eat something that is bad for you or that you have denied yourself of over the past few weeks or months.
Go to dinner with a friend.
Talk it out - visit you favorite shrink, find a mentor and discuss what is going on, talk it over with your best friend or spouse or your lawyer or accountant.
How about a meeting with a business group? Make a To Do List - have a planning meeting, make a list of things to do and then prioritize the list, get ideas from your employees or customers or suppliers.
Well, this is surely not a comprehensive list, but it will get your thinking juices going.
What do you do when you have a melt down? Figure it out before the melt down happens.
Then you won't have to figure out how to deal with the meltdown by breaking something or someone.
Good luck.
Sales are down and expenses are up.
One of your best employees just quit to go work for a competitor and there are some problems at home.
Do any of these things define where you are currently or where you find yourself, from time to time? I know I have my ups and downs and setbacks.
Sometimes you just feel like just giving up and throwing in the towel.
Well, sometimes that is a distinct possibility or even the right thing to do.
But for this writing, I am going to assume that giving up is not an option.
When things begin to pile up on me and I don't see a way out or it all looks real bleak, I usually destroy something.
Once I was working on a little sheetrock repair project and just couldn't make the darn thing work.
I was so frustrated that I took the hammer and began to destroy the wall that I was trying to fix.
When the tantrum was over, I sat there, on the floor, looked at what I had done, and just laughed and laughed.
That time, I took out my anger and frustration on the wall, and it worked.
I started the project from scratch, figured out what I was doing wrong and completed the task.
This may work for you, but if your tantrum leads to hurting someone or destroying something of value, it may be good to find a different way out of your problem.
There are thousands of so called "experts" out there who have written countless books and given countless speeches on this very subject.
What I want to do here is just help you recognize that, from time to time, things may not go well or they may even begin to fall apart, but that should not be a reason to break something or hurt someone or just give up.
Below, I will give you a few of the ideas I have come up with, but each person needs to find his/her outlet to get the anger and frustration under control.
Maybe even in a constructive way.
My list is random but these are some ways in which people I know, have gotten their attitudes mended.
Exercise - hit a golf ball, swing a bat, jog a few miles, swim for 30 minutes, do push up or sit ups, find a punching bag and hit it till your hands hurt or just take a nap.
Do something artistic - play your favorite song, play the piano, get some clay and make something, sing a song, get a canvas and paint something, make a carving.
Eat - go to your favorite restaurant or eat something that is bad for you or that you have denied yourself of over the past few weeks or months.
Go to dinner with a friend.
Talk it out - visit you favorite shrink, find a mentor and discuss what is going on, talk it over with your best friend or spouse or your lawyer or accountant.
How about a meeting with a business group? Make a To Do List - have a planning meeting, make a list of things to do and then prioritize the list, get ideas from your employees or customers or suppliers.
Well, this is surely not a comprehensive list, but it will get your thinking juices going.
What do you do when you have a melt down? Figure it out before the melt down happens.
Then you won't have to figure out how to deal with the meltdown by breaking something or someone.
Good luck.