As we celebrated the new year on December 31st, 2019, we all had plans, hopes, dreams , ready to land in 2020. It was shaping up to be a good year, the start of a new decade, a leap year yes, but that didn’t matter, it was going to be a good year. What could go wrong? There was some talk about a virus developing in China, but that had nothing to do with us, pour the champagne, it was going to be a good year.
And then we literally blinked and everything that we have always known to be true, everything that we had taken for granted, everything that had made our lives comfortable, everything that made sense just changed, just evaporated, just turned upside down.
We all know the phrase, “every disappointment is for good” but is it though? Seems like disappointments have become the order of the day in all aspects of our lives. For the high school student, it’s final exams, prom night; for college students, it’s job fairs, internships, graduations; for business owners, it’s that new product, expanding the business; for corporations, it’s enhancing productivity, developing staff; for others it’s weddings, birthdays and even worse, funerals. Our best laid plans have either been shelved, cancelled or delayed. Murphy is smiling with that I told you so look, “whatever can go wrong, will go wrong” but we didn’t think that meant every facet of our life?
But our mindset is going to be the secret to our success, the secret to riding out the storm. Adjusting quickly and efficiently, facing the reality of our situation, not dwelling on the cancelled event or plan, revising the plan, changing our schedules, accepting loss, embracing delay, that is the required mindset. Words such as faith, trust, hope, love, patience take on a greater meaning now more than ever.
There is a lot of debate about which personality type will fare better in this time .The Introvert who knows the benefits of alone time, the Extrovert who knows the power of optimism, the Planner who has a spreadsheet for every eventuality, the Pragmatist whose favourite phrase is “reality check”, the Analyst who has researched every aspect of everything , the Control junkie, who has mastered the art of staying on top of everything, the Relationship guru who is driven to connect and communicate. Truth is they all have different attributes which will take them through the Covid-19 storm differently but will take them through.
Let’s talk about it, let’s coach and train through it, it’s a fascinating journey. Maybe every disappointment is really for good.
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