Have you encountered a major setback?
Many of us have, but what do you allow it to do to you when it happens? Do you quit and feel as if the world is about to come to an end? Do you just give up on everything? Or do you realize that this setback just might be the opportunity given to you to sort of re-group and think things over for the new plan? A setback allows the time needed to take a step back and realize some things you might need to change for the better. Sometimes, it might be considered an eye opener. Take advantage of this opportunity and get a new strategy together. You might need to get away from everyone and have some private time to yourself.
Let me share something with you. Before I left my full-time “job”, I encountered a setback. I was pregnant and began to have really bad pain in my back and I fainted at times. My doctor ended up putting me on bed rest months before my baby was due. This, I thought was horrible! I could only get up to use the restroom and it would hurt so bad to walk. Some of you might be saying, you would have loved to be off work on bed rest to avoid having to work and still get a check. Well, I’m one who can’t stand to be still. I feel as if I’m wasting the day if I’m not doing anything and it drives me crazy!
Anyway, I was frustrated and focusing on all of the wrong things while lying in the bed. Once I began to focus on things, I realized what I was actually supposed to be doing with this time I had now been given. This setback allowed me to focus on my new business plans and provided me the much needed time to do my research. I got so into it at times that I didn’t even feel the pain anymore. To make a long story short, after I had my baby, the pain that I had felt was no longer there and I was able to move around immediately after returning home from the hospital. I was in a hurry to move on everything I had been researching and after my maternity leave was up, I was able to return back to my “job” and hand them my two weeks notice. I have not worked a “job” since and my business is great!
So what setback are you facing today? Don’t come down on yourself and focus on the negative. Realize that this could possibly just be the beginning to something so great and wonderful. You could actually have been set up for your great big COMEBACK!
