When Things Don’t Go As Planned…

So how was your week? Well, mine went absolutely well — until Monday rolled along! Not only wasn’t I able to work on this weeks blog entry but I also had a few additional disappointments.

I had planned on setting up my Tik Tok account and learn how to properly video myself – (BTW, Tik Tok Creator Academy has great how-to videos) – after a 4 day long week-end that I had for Easter here in Canada. I had figured that nothing could go wrong! I was rested, I had my head full of ideas … and then, life turned around and said “hold my drink” and threw a couple of wrenches into my plan.

I’m not going to go into details as to what those were because that’s not the part that is important; what is important is the fact that even though I was distraught and totally disappointed, I figured that I’d take that time to reevaluate what I had decided to do and take a look at how I could be productive – even with the limited amount of time I had this week.

Staying Positive … When You Don’t Feel Like It

Now, don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t totally distraught, I believe things happen and it’s how you overcome them that truly defines who and what you are but having said that, I do have to admit that not being able to follow through what I had entailed for the week was something that brought me down.

One big way that I kept my “positivity level” up was to focus on what the end-game was: to get better at what I was doing and accepting the fact that things will sometimes not go as planned.

The other aspect I kept in mind was that, as bad as I thought it was, it would – at one point or another in the near future – get better. I thought back of my Basic Training when I joined the Army. Everyone around me thought I was either really stupid or totally out-of-it when I was always in good humour and smiling. My answer at that time was the same as this week: this too will pass and get better.

Planning – For Success And For Hiccups

Life is full of ups and downs; we all know that but it’s how you keep positive when things aren’t going your way that is key to your success and is, in my view, one of the biggest challenges and biggest accomplishments that you can make during those times.

And let’s face it; it isn’t always about just you. Things happen at work, within your family unit, even around the house! Heck, who hasn’t had to take care of a clogged sink or worse, a clogged toilet??? How you resolve to keep the focus you need to get these done or resolved will also help you realize that “hey, I was able to get that done!”.

What I’m getting at here is that when you’re self-employed, or working towards that goal, things will happen to make you question that goal and a lot of times, you’ll not only question your sanity but even your goal!

Preparing for those hiccups and life’s down parts may not be easy but writing down and planning what you could do to offset a portion of those is something that can, at minimum, keep you smiling and more importantly, keep you focused on your goal.

Keeping Your “Why” Close To You

One of the biggest challenges we all face is being able to answer the big question: “Why am I doing this?” One way Dean Holland helps us define that for each of us is in his book, The Iceberg Effect, (which you can easily order via the link and paying the small shipping & handling fee, we’ll take care of the rest), is by taking a look at what your “WHY” is?

During my vacation, I was able to review what I had previously written as my “Why” and, even though each of us have our own “Why”, this “time off” provided me with the time to review what I had previously thought was my “Why” and, like many things in life, it had changed – I was able to better define what it truly was at this point in my life. (Something I can write in another blog entry).

Being able to stay positive when things go wrong is being able to look at what you had planned for your success and truly believe that whatever happens, you will stay the course and continue your journey because quitting is not an option.

What I now have planned for the rest of the week-end is to plan the next couple of weeks so that I can stay the course and – finally make those Tik Tok videos and start using that Social Media outlet to broaden my reach for others, who, like us, just want to have a better life because we are financially secure as Affiliate Marketers and, I’ll be adding comments to my fellow bloggers website like I usually do on Sundays.

So, time to get back on track and continue on my planned journey!

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To your success… To our success!