When something goes wrong—or when things don’t go how you think they should—it’s easy to blow up.
Go scorched earth. Go nuclear. Come out guns blazing.
But this is usually a mistake. Going from 0 to 100 solves nothing.
Worse, it fractures relationships. It erodes trust. It burns bridges you may need later.
This doesn’t mean you can’t express how you feel. It doesn’t mean you stay silent. It means you use restraint.
Say what needs to be said.
But say it cool-headed. Calm. Controlled.
I’ve had situations where I let loose on people. Gave them everything that was on my mind.
It never really turned out how I hoped. There were always downstream consequences I hadn’t considered.
On the flip side, there were times I stepped back.
I cooled off. I thought it through. I approached it level-headed.
And wouldn’t you know it?
Those situations almost always turned out better. And more often than not…they went my way.
Something happens?
Pause. Breathe. Think.
Then respond from a place of calm control.
Builder Principle
Master your reaction, or your reaction will master you.
Something to Ponder
Something is going to pop up this week that rubs you the wrong way. How will you handle it? Explosively? Or cool, calm, and collected? One destroys. One builds. Which will you choose?
See You In the Arena
This week is just about over. Next week is just about here. Let’s keep building.
Brick by brick.
-Brickwall