Today’s message is an important one:
You are NOT a product of your circumstances or events that have happened to you. Rather, you are a product of your choices- the decisions you make EVERY DANG DAY.
How wrapped up are YOU with things that you cannot control?
Maybe it’s:
❌ A decision your boss made you didn’t like
❌You didn’t get that promotion or opportunity you wanted
❌How you were brought up and how lousy your childhood was
❌How you were wronged by a friend or family member
❌An injury or illness you had
❌Someone that left or abandoned you, or someone you lost
All it is in the REARVIEW MIRROR. And, as Amy Morin writes in her book, 13 Things Mentally Strong People DON’T do, “if we are looking through the rearview mirror, we cannot look out the windshield.”
See, that’s just it. You can’t do both. ANYTIME you’re doing one, you’re not doing the other. That’s because you don’t have multiple pairs of eyes, or eyes in the back of your head. Every minute you spend ruminating on the past (and what’s behind you) is a minute you’re NOT focusing on the present (and what’s right in front of you) or the future (and what’s ahead of you).
I promise you that looking out the rearview mirror too much is a GREAT WAY to have a lousy life where you feel powerless and not in control. hashtagleadershipcoaching hashtagleadership hashtagleadershipdevelopment hashtagleadershipcoach hashtaglead hashtaglifecoach hashtaglifeadvice hashtagthisworks
