What This Week Has Taught Me!

If you had a chance to read through my first few articles this month. I want to say thank you. I really appreciate your support and comments. If you know anyone who might benefit from these articles please share it with them. They might help to let them know that they are not alone. Also to go through the journey with someone who doesn't hold back and is putting themselves out there, no matter how vulnerable it is, can help them express what they are going through.

This week has been a world wind of craziness. I want to give you a heads up because this article might not be for you, seriously. This article is going to be about a child passing away, people going through term oil, how to show compassion when the shit is hitting the fan at home, and then how to keep yourself together when you really feel you are being attacked from all sides and there is no where to go.

Last weekend I was visiting my family to take a break and get out of town. At night we were playing a board game when a few of my family members got a group text about a close family friends child was being rushed to the hospital. They had an allergic reaction to something and they were being rushed to the hospital. About 30 to 45 minutes later another group text was sent saying that the child did not make it and passed away, so sad. My family members were in shock and were emotionally taken back because they were very close to the family and the little one who passed. Even my wife knew them and they were all brought to tears. Now for me it was sad to hear and because sadly due to my experiences with death I find it sad, I can be compassionate, as well as empathetic to what people are going through. I just disconnect emotionally from people passing away, long story short is that at an early age, I was exposed to numerous of my family members passing away I learned to accept death and emotionally disconnect from it personally.

I share this with you because the rest of the weekend had it's emotional ups and downs. Which made me really focus on being compassionate and empathic to other people's situations. No matter what I was going through myself over the last few weeks. I needed put my stuff aside and to be supportive no matter what I was going through. To turn my issues off and be present with the people who needed me to whatever extent.

Now stepping back. recapping the last weekend, as well what I have been going through in my past and what I am currently going through currently. It got me asking myself "What the hell am I doing?"...seriously time to review what am I doing personally and professionally.

WOW this was a loaded question and I realized what I have been failing to work on and/or at least acknowledge I need to reset. I need to refocus on what is working and what isn't

Which brings me to what are my mountains that I am current working on overcoming?

1) Business development strategies

2) Sales/marketing strategies

3) Career growth

4) Studying for my CISSP

5) Personal development

6) Working on being part of a tribe

This weekend I am going to work on the 6 Thinking Hat's process to see what my plan of action will be.

Thank you to my amazing wife, Joel all the fun we have on our stream, Neal for all your help, Jason for our great conversation, Jim Kwik, Tony Robbins, the Negotiation and vCISO community for always motivating me.