"Stuff Happens"... How to turn your negative emotions into positive momentum!

Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." -- Dale Carnegie

Each moment is a new opportunity to begin a new path. Every moment is a time you decide the success you will achieve. When you are focused on the failures and discouragements of the prior day, you will strive to continue on the same path. When you use the failures and discouragements of the prior day to teach you and provide new opportunities, you will use them as stepping stones to achieve new heights.

The key is transforming stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Stumbling blocks and stepping stones appear to look the same, how you approach them is the life changing experience. There are 4 steps in using your experiences to propel you and not trip you up.

1. Realize that "Stuff Happens". It is important to realize that "Stuff Happens". When you understand that "Stuff Happens", you will release the frustration that traps your thinking with disappointing expectations. When you fail to understand the reality of situations that repeat themselves, your disappointment increases. Realizing the reality of repeated situations, focuses your thinking beyond the situation.
2. Accept that "Stuff Happens". When you allow your emotions to drive your thinking, you will stumble. A failure to accept that "Stuff Happens", your thinking will handcuff you to the problem and forbid you to discover solutions. When you accept that "Stuff Happens", you will focus on what you can control and not what is out of your control.
3. Focus on what you can control. You can only change what you can control. You can control your ATTITUDE, SCHEDULE, and ACTIVITY. Don't attempt to control what is out of your control. Be intentional on controlling what you are able to control.
4. Transform negative emotion into positive momentum. When you focus on what you can control, you will be transform negative emotions into positive momentum. Negative emotions create stumbling blocks. Positive momentum create stepping stones.

Success is built upon our experiences. As you use the experience and failures of each day, they can be used as stumbling blocks or stepping stones. The choice to begin anew is in your mind. You can choose to dwell on the reason you are not successful and make excuses or determine to find the opportunity and create success. You may not always be able to control the circumstances around you, you can always determine how you respond to the circumstance. The choice is yours! Make today the best moment of the week.

Negative emotions create stumbling blocks. Positive momentum create stepping stones.

Business Coach Bob Reish