You are the CEO of your mind. You may literally be a CEO in a company, but we are all the CEOs of our mind.
Last week we discussed the “E” in CEO: Erase all the labels that society has put on you. This week we will be discussing the “O”: Overcome your bad circumstances.
Do you let your failures or bad circumstances stop you from living your best life? We must learn how to overcome them.
First of all, we need to understand that everyone has problems and bad circumstances that they have overcome. Some of you have a personal history of difficult circumstances; others are managing hard problems right now. We are all humans and we must know and learn how to overcome adversity.
Here are 3 steps that I’ve used to overcome adversities that have come my way.
- Gain the Right Perspective
- Go into G.A.M.E. Mode
- Win or Lose, What Did I Learn?
1. Gain the Right Perspective
As you look to gain perspective on your circumstances, ask yourself the following questions. Did this happen to me or for me? What lesson do I need to learn from this situation that will lead me to my destiny? What did I do wrong? What was controllable and what was uncontrollable?
Gaining the right perspective will allow you to move to step 2 where you will set a plan in place to overcome your bad circumstances.
2. Go into G.A.M.E. Mode
Once you’ve gained perspective on your circumstance, it’s time to plan and execute a strategy. I call this step going into GAME Mode.
- G - Gather information on the problem.
- A - Analyze the problem.
- M - Make a plan.
- E - Execute the plan, follow up, and adjust as necessary.
Go into GAME Mode so you can learn as much about the problem as you can and then execute a plan of action to overcome similar problems in the future.
3. Win or lose - What did I learn?
The most important step in overcoming a bad circumstance is determining how you can grow from it? At the end of each situation or trial you encounter, ask yourself these 2 questions: “What did I learn?” and “How can I grow from this circumstance?” Without learning and growing from our past circumstances, we are destined to repeat the same mistakes, which will ultimately let our failures stop us from living our best lives.
Once you’ve gained the right perspective, executed your plan, and learned from your mistakes, you’ll be ready the next time you’re confronted with a similar situation. You will be able to take another step towards becoming a better CEO of your mind.
