THE BENCH: ONLY ONE OPTION

The Bench does in fact teach me that no matter what, you do have one option, this means put your mind to whatever the task, focus on that and never ever give up, never give in to the road blocks the people that tell you you can not do it, or feel sorry for your self when "Sh-- Happens". It has many terms, Our Detroit Lions have called it GRIT, perseverance, mental toughness, the WILL to never fail, but when I stare at that old, OLD taped up, bench, I can remember the times when I was damaged, hurt, scared but I fought through it, I fought to do whatever it took, how painful it was, because I wanted, I willed it to be.

This week, and this is not looking for sympathy, it is just a lesson in what this means. I had a very important meeting that I was committed to, I had promised my boss, my partner that I would absolutely do, I respect so deeply the role I have and the responsibility I have, so no matter what I was doing this meeting. The universe had some barriers to throw at me, first. I sent to bed Saturday and my entire face and head started to throb, yes in the end I needed a root canal, but I had to see my dentist at 8 am Monday to be sure. So that was how Monday started, got better after that, walking the dog in the dark, black ice planted me flat on my back and for the first time in my life I was out, shook that off( yes held onto the dog) and got ready for work, the dentist to have my battery dead in my car. My best friend, my wife rallied drove me to the dentist, I walked from there to my meetings to be sure I was not late and thanks to the amazing team we have the meeting was great, thoughtful, well discussed and again my amazing team showed up got me took me to work and we went after the focus we had to have to succeed. Great meeting, great leadership, great insights and we will succeed because we too will never give up.

So yes, my neck hurts, my hip is swollen and bruised and yes, I wish none of this happened, and yes I had my root canal, BUT we , WE THE TEAM pushed forward, they all focused in and they all will fight to succeed no matter want.

Remember, SH-- Happens, but as they say it is never how hard you fall or how many times, it is all about how you get back up and always get back up stronger each and everytime.