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THE DOMINO EFFECT
and how we deal with it.
THE DOMINO EFFECT
I dropped a pill. It had to run across the carpet and lodge itself under the sofa. Deep. I had to bend down to pick it, and I leaned on the vase; why, I don’t know. The vase fell down, and I jerked up to catch it. As I was doing it, the badge around my neck snagged in the arm of the sofa. I was yanked back down. The vase fell and broke. As did the lanyard. I banged my head on the sofa.
Groggily, still persevering, I knelt down — s l o w l y — to get the pill. That part of the carpet under the sofa had not been cleaned in a while. Blame it on the lengthy lockdown. I wasn’t in a mood to clean it up and so dropped it into the dustbin. I picked up a new pill and popped it. Only to realize that in all this nonsense, I missed logging into an important meeting.
Not the start for the day that I was imagining.
Do I dwell on this mini misery and let that affect the rest of the day, and my mood?
Of course, it will continue to be a niggling thorn. Something that I promise not to think about, but it keeps coming. That victim mentality everyone keeps talking about!
You’ve been through such a domino effect, right?
One thing leading to another, that downward spiral as if a devil was sitting above conspiring, putting things in motion and grinning away!
Is there a way out?
On the other end of the spectrum, we do have the positive domino wave. When things seem to fall in place. When synchronicity happens. You think of a client, and the client calls you. You are in a rush, and someone holds the door open for you. That train you want to catch is somehow running just that late for you to run and hop on. You think of your favourite dish and reach home to find that cooked.
What do you do? Attribute it to good karma, luck, or just that kind of day?
Am I providing answers here? Hey, no.
All I would do is recognize which domino spiral I am in and what I can do either prolong or break the routine!
As they say in sales, when the going is good, keep going.
When it isn’t going your way, slow down, stop, reset and start again…
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All stories in this “52” series:
1. The Cycle Wheel
2. The strong polish their fangs and the weak….
3. Expectations
4. Connecting through
5. What happens to nice guys?
6. If you want something in life…..?
7. Growth: How did she do it?
8. What light do you use for your meetings?
9. When would you fire yourself?
Pravin Shekar is an outlier marketer, parallel entrepreneur and a raconteur.
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Devil Does Care, Marketing lessons from The Art of War, Marketing lessons from Mythology, Getting paid to speak, a Virtual Summit Playbook, Climb your way out of hell, a collection of travel pics/romantic poems, and stories from the heart!
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