Philadelphia | 6:21AM EST
We’re all in this dynamic exchange between the world constantly changing and us humans having to adapt to it. Along with our personal life. This morning I thought about how I don’t give myself enough grace for being someone who doesn’t have a hard time adapting to change. Especially within the past two years! I started thinking about what the root of that stems from and it brought me back to my past life of playing football ( yes I played running back for 13 years =) I was taught to learn how to deal with adversity and change at a young age. It was embedded in me. When you’re in a football game, there is absolutely no time to dwell or get excited about the play that just happened. Wether you fucked up or scored a big touchdown, you have to quickly forget about the past and adapt to what’s about to happen on the next play. Preparing and studying for a game all week then all of a sudden you’re star QB goes down on the first play. Or the defense you studied all week ended up having a completely different formation so you have to quickly adjust your game plan. There was no time to get hooked on a certain emotion and if you did there was no doubt that the next play would wake your ass up to that present moment. The game is constantly changing. Every snap. If I fumbled the ball I had to go into the next play and act like that didn’t happen. “You better get your ass up and get back into the huddle” is what my coaches would always preach.
All of those scenarios quickly taught me how to deal with adversity and adapt to change without even knowing it. Now in my adult years i’m finally realizing that i’ve carried that with me throughout my whole life. Ive been in some pretty uncomfortable situations in my life chasing this dream that I have. I realized that I was always ok with it because I knew how to alter whatever the situation was. The changes within business can happen fast. Losing money, not hitting your goals, losing team members, etc. is all apart of the game but if I never learned how to deal with adversity i’m sure my outcome would be a lot different. The changes within yourself, family, relationships, etc. always alternate as well. That’s the whole point of being here. To experience that dynamic exchange. It keeps life exciting.
Today I give myself grace
“You better get your ass up and get back into that huddle”