Missing Person - Matthew Gagnon
Matt Gagnon
?? Founder - Atomic Mornings ?? Founder - Matt Gagnon Coaching ? TEDx Speaker ?? Rule Breaker ?? Bulletproof Optimist ???? 1Samuel17:48
Have You Seen This Man - Missing Person - Matt Gagnon - Last Seen - 12/30/20
It’s kinda ironic…I run a company called ATOMIC MORNINGS where I help people wake up, reclaim their time and own their day through the power of routines, yet I feel like I have been asleep for the past few months on social media.
On December 10, 2020, COVID had the balls to pick a fight with me.
Some people get COVID, and they are asymptomatic, or they just have mild symptoms. Not me…I don’t half-ass anything – that includes getting sick (what an odd thing to say). For 34 days, COVID and I engaged in an intense fist fight.
In the end I beat the $h!t out of it and took its antibodies as a trophy.
During this battle, I posted a few updates along the way; however, since then I have been pretty dormant on social media. I went pretty silent and just vanished only posting a few things here and there. I am grateful to be alive; however, I had to acknowledge what my body and mind had been through. I was exhausted and my body needed time to heal. So I did the hard thing and stepped away focusing only on my self-care and serving my current roster of clients.
I had to acknowledge what my body and mind had been through.
- I needed it...
- I needed time away to focus on self-care…
- I had to acknowledge what my body had gone through…
- I was still writing and creating value, but I didn’t feel called to share it…
But you better believe I was still moving behind the scenes! Social media had become a hamster wheel. By stepping away, I was able to change my perspective and recharge my batteries, recalibrate myself with my values, and start putting epic new strategies in place.
I chose to be kind to myself and thought about the long game, and the long game included me being healthy and engaged with my family and career. I had faith in myself and in the business I created that I would be ok with taking the time away. I was actually proud of the fact that I could step away.
By stepping away, I was able to change my perspective
Take care of yourself…know the difference between when social media is becoming a hamster wheel that is distracting you from building systems to achieve your big picture goals and when you are leveraging it to execute the systems you created to scale your business.
I’m wide awake now…I am ready…I feel called to create, share, and serve. I am unsinkable. I and I embrace the hell out of adversity because I know I will rip through it taking every rich lesson I can from it. I will rise up EVERY SINGLE time!
- I don’t want your sympathy.
- I don’t want you to compare your story to mine.
- I want you to see and hear the lessons I am sharing.
- I want you to picture yourself fiercely staring down the giants in front of you.
- I want you to courageously charge towards them like the positive force to be reckoned with that you are!!!
I can promise you this…they will fear you, and you will come out stronger than ever before.
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Creative Strategist | Coach
3 年Thanks for sharing Matt!
Warranty Administrator at BLUEWATER CHRYSLER
3 年What an awesome article Matt Gagnon CPCC,PCC I love your strength and perseverance Enjoy your day ??
Marketing Strategy & Brand Leader
3 年I can definitely relate to the grind, but the hamster wheel reference is new to me, buddy. If you think you had it bad, you should hear my story! Just kidding. Glad you are refreshed and re-energized. Can't wait to see what's coming.
CFO, ESI GROUP USA
3 年Beautiful story! There is always light??. A future post of mine goes like this: you want to see the rainbow ?? you must weather the storm ?. My brother much ??