Winners Give Up Control!

…Or at least they give up worrying about the things they can’t control. As the economic climate has worsened, I’ve noticed more and more people acting like an animal backed up into a corner. They are vociferous in their anger, lashing out at the closest living thing. The economy of 2009 has changed people’s lifestyle. It’s changed mine for sure. I call it the O-pression (Obabma’s Depression).

For sure, the economy is the worst I’ve seen in my lifetime. Many people have never experienced a downturn and are ill prepared to handle financial frustrations. Of course we are confused by the bombardment of media mixed messaging. I digress.

This is my question to you: If you are unemployed, underemployed and financially struggling, why did you let it happen? Why did you force your company to lay you off? Why did you suggest ill timed constrictions on interest rates to the Fed Chair. way back when, why did you allow lending institutions to over extend, bundle and sell the unjustifiable mortgages that led to the bursting of the real estate bubble? Why, Why, Why?

Ridiculous right? You had no control over these events. You can’t single handedly control the course of the economy. So why worry about things BEYOND YOUR CONTROL? Worrying is like a rocking chair (or so I’ve heard). It takes a lot of energy, but goes nowhere.

What CAN you control? Winners have learned how to control their reactions, and focus their energy on the things they can change. Give up worry. Give up control and except that the only control you have, or NEED, is the control over how you react to adversity. So go ahead, come out of the corner swinging…just swing at something that counts.