Weekend, Worried Sick.
Last week was a large week on a few fronts both personal and business. I have a lot of things going on right now most of which are really great, a few not so great, but all in all, I am very ahead. Thank God.
I spent this past weekend worrying about the worst of a few situations, worrying about how disappointed some people might be and how they’d respond to a few business proposals and a few business decisions I am trying to get over the line with my clients and business partners. Of course, most us always fear the worst that could happen when it’s a 50 / 50 situation between win and loss.
By Sunday lunchtime I’d had enough of feeling tense and anxious about it all, I decided to go for a 35-minute run (walk) through the local bush reserve which helped massively. I came home showered and completed 10 minutes of head space, again I felt a little better. Though still far from 100%. I ditched both of my pre-arranged Sunday afternoon meetings by going to my family dinner a whole 3 hours early. Strange the things you do when you’re feeling like a little wimp. I just could not have given my best in those meetings.
Monday morning and it’s D-day. The worst happens for me on the first 2 situations, but it’s ok, I smile, look up and move onto the next one, a phone meeting and I have a small win, I feel much better now. Still 70%. The final piece to my head puzzle was simply asking if I could move some dates around on a deliverable, I don’t know why this bothered me so much but I really find it hard to cope with saying I can do something and then finding out I have over promised, it doesn’t happen much but when it does it really stings me. I read somewhere lately that protecting your energy is most important, so that’s one of my new mental things. It’s all mental, it’s all about energy.
The moral of this story, I just wanted to finish my Monday evening here in my Brisbane offices writing about my ‘weekend of worry’ of which I don’t have many as I am usually the hyped up full of energy type of guy, but this weekend things weren’t really that way. Although once again I truly know that it was all just false evidence appearing real.
I truly believe the big winners in life are the ones who can make constant smart mental shifts from feeling the pressure of expectation to understanding what it all really is, (never the worst of what you’re thinking), and they change that to focusing on the best of it all and achieving greatness.
*As much as I’d love to share exactly what these situations were, I’ll reserve that and I might tell a few of you over a coffee or a whiskey at a later date. Nothing serious mum x
