The easy path

1st February 2012

When I wake up in the morning I’m not always feeling bright and breezy. In fact I have never been a particularly deep sleeper, so I often have quite restless nights, and consequently wake up feeling quite tired still. However, instead of being grumpy, I make a choice and conscious effort to be positive and as happy as I can be. No doubt it would be a lot easier to let the depressing thoughts take over, and be down all day, but right now perhaps more than ever, it is so important to keep as upbeat as you possibly can be.

Focus on even the smallest things to help you feel better. We have just got a little bearded collie puppy called “Alfie”, and when I first come down in the morning the welcome I get can’t help but make me feel good (even if there are several unwelcome packages to clear up!).

Of course as a coach and a leader I can’t afford to be down for long, as this would hardly be seen as inspirational. If I turn up to my clients and moan about things, and how awful the economy is., I’m not going to be able to motivate them to feel positive and take the actions they need to do to move their businesses forward.

On that note it is also so much easier not to do things (take action) than to do things. Maintain the status quo for the sake of an easy life, but ultimately leading to abject failure. I’m not just talking about business either. It is so much easier not to go to a film in the evening, or not wash the car, or not do any number of things that will improve your life, but if you genuinely want to change things and make things better, surely despite the extra work and effort it may take, it is worthwhile doing them.

Times aren’t easy at the moment, but keep being as positive as you can be, take joy from the smallest of successes or good things in your life, do the things you least want to do, and I have no doubt that things will soon seem a lot better. After all spring is only a few weeks away!!

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