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The biggest challenge to achieving your goals is to guard against any type of meltdown. When your stretched thin, as you transition from where you’ve been to where your going, that’s when meltdown can raise its ugly head. As a father, husband, employee, entrepreneur, writer, public speaking, my biggest battle is meltdown.
My good intentions carry no value if I can’t push through these meltdown moments. Here are a few tips I use.
REFOCUS: Review Your Goals
The first thing I do is remind myself why I’m putting myself through all this pressure. I do this by review my goals. It’s also beneficial when I’m able to notice the goals that I’ve already accomplished. This works as a way of recalibrating my mindset to my purpose.
In other words, when you find yourself straying off course… go back to your map. Sometimes just reviewing my goals does the trick.
RELOCATE: Change Your Approach
For me, it’s all about atmosphere and environment. Being creative I work best when I’m in the mood or by inspiration. Changing my location or approach works magic for me. If it’s not working at my home office than I head off to a cafe. If the cafe is noisy and that doesn’t work than I’m off to a bookshop.
I also change up my routine. Instead of writing in the morning, I write at night. I also like to get around other creative individuals. Personally, for me creativity breeds creativity. By mixing up my approach it aids in preventing meltdown and getting out of a rut.
RECOMMIT: Get Back to the Basics
The challenge when your multi-tasking and wearing many hats is to stay focused. Each hat or role we play has it’s own way of pulling us to where it seems like there is nothing else to give. One of the ways in which I RECOMMIT is by the process of elimination. I identity distractions and remove those things that fight against me reaching my goals.
Often times when your stretched thin you’ll let the basic things go. Exercise, diet, networking, reading are usually the first to go. While it may seem trivial at the moment, many times it’s the basics that have keep you performing at your maximum level and on the cutting edge.
When I do the basics I succeed. When I take shortcuts to compensate for meltdown it only leads to more frustration. By recommitting to my goals and future in every role in my life I’m able to work through the meltdown and move forward.
How do you handle meltdown? What ways do you prevent it? Leave a comment and be a part of the conversation.
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