When I think about fixing something around the house, I look for the right tool to do the job. It occurs to me that it might be easier to fix life’s little problems the same way. Dr. Nancy’s article, “Fight Frustration in the Office and Beyond” is not only a tool by itself, it provides a whole toolbox to “repair” different situations.
Yesterday, as I was riding in the tow truck, checking my watch and seeing how my entire meeting schedule was blown. I pulled out the “meditation tool” from this article. I took a deep breath and mentally reorganized my day and momentary piece of mind. No one was going to die if I was a day late on my schedule. Then I pulled out an “affirmation tool” and reset my goals and priorities. And there are a lot more where those came from.
Check it out and see if it doesn’t provide you with a tool or two to fight your own frustrations. Try an affirmation or use these to design your own. Open your mind, empty your cup and get ready to fill it again with success building career-job-life tools.
If you have a tool that works for you, share it. We all need as many of these as we can get.
One of the biggest tools that helps me is pure and simple exercise. The process enables me to disconnect my mind from the current set of worries, and then the endorphins kick in. Between the mini-vacation and the body high, I come ou of n exercise session much more able to handle whatever it is. Especially when I’ve been exercising with a friend who is a good listener!
Comment by Maggie — September 21, 2009 @ 1:09 pm