What should you DO when you are feeling down and out?
Following my last post on the Youtube video on Steve Job's Speech at Stanford; this is my own personal strategy in tackling down time in your life.
The people who are always down are only found in the cemetery and you only find folks with no problems somewhere 6 feet down-under. If you have lived life long enough, you would have gone through some periods of disappointment and discouragement. It can strike almost anyone, and nobody is immune to it.
So the following is what i recommend when you are feeling down and out...
1. Allow yourself up to maximum of 3 days to wallow in self-pity...after the 3 days, you will literally get sick of self-pitying yourself. Go through the routine of asking Why You or in my case Why Me? Why is this happening? Once 3 days is up , it's time to move on. You see, throughout the history of mankind, no one not even a single soul has ever achieved anything great during their down times...agree? In fact, most great people go through hell before they begin to experience 'heaven'.
2. Once the 3 days are up, then do a comparison. As a parent with 2 kids, I have always been told never ever to compare your kids with others. While this is true in parenting, it is farthest from the truth when it comes to perking yourself up. Compare yourself against people who are lesser off than you. If you think a failed business is tough, trying living without limbs for the rest of your life. If you think being broke is tough, trying going through bankrupcy without the support of your loved ones. In fact the most pitiful person on the planet earth today is not one who is broke, ugly, retrenched, blind etc but one who does not know how to love himself/herself.
So go ahead find someone who is worse off than you and literally tell yourself, it aint so bad afterall.
3. Consistent reading of Motivational Books and listening to Motivational MP3s or CDs. If you are not a believer in these things, then why aren't your life any better today? What have you got to lose if you just read or better yet listen to these supposedly 'hyped' up messages. I hate the hype and the rah-rah but I can't deny there are some very Energetic speeches and books one can find on the boookstore in a local library...so the keyword is Personal Development. As a christian, my source of motivation also comes from reading the Bible. Listening to some great speeches or some like to call 'pitches' has never failed me time and tiem again. All it takes is just one phrase, or one word; it can literally ignite something in you to GET up and Run again.
In fact the more you liste and read, like interest compounds, you ability to withstand upsets and disappointment increases as well.
The people who are always down are only found in the cemetery and you only find folks with no problems somewhere 6 feet down-under. If you have lived life long enough, you would have gone through some periods of disappointment and discouragement. It can strike almost anyone, and nobody is immune to it.
So the following is what i recommend when you are feeling down and out...
1. Allow yourself up to maximum of 3 days to wallow in self-pity...after the 3 days, you will literally get sick of self-pitying yourself. Go through the routine of asking Why You or in my case Why Me? Why is this happening? Once 3 days is up , it's time to move on. You see, throughout the history of mankind, no one not even a single soul has ever achieved anything great during their down times...agree? In fact, most great people go through hell before they begin to experience 'heaven'.
2. Once the 3 days are up, then do a comparison. As a parent with 2 kids, I have always been told never ever to compare your kids with others. While this is true in parenting, it is farthest from the truth when it comes to perking yourself up. Compare yourself against people who are lesser off than you. If you think a failed business is tough, trying living without limbs for the rest of your life. If you think being broke is tough, trying going through bankrupcy without the support of your loved ones. In fact the most pitiful person on the planet earth today is not one who is broke, ugly, retrenched, blind etc but one who does not know how to love himself/herself.
So go ahead find someone who is worse off than you and literally tell yourself, it aint so bad afterall.
3. Consistent reading of Motivational Books and listening to Motivational MP3s or CDs. If you are not a believer in these things, then why aren't your life any better today? What have you got to lose if you just read or better yet listen to these supposedly 'hyped' up messages. I hate the hype and the rah-rah but I can't deny there are some very Energetic speeches and books one can find on the boookstore in a local library...so the keyword is Personal Development. As a christian, my source of motivation also comes from reading the Bible. Listening to some great speeches or some like to call 'pitches' has never failed me time and tiem again. All it takes is just one phrase, or one word; it can literally ignite something in you to GET up and Run again.
In fact the more you liste and read, like interest compounds, you ability to withstand upsets and disappointment increases as well.
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