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Root Canal.
Jury duty.
Vegan dinner party with beet loaf.
These are some of the floors Jason Bateman, the elevator operator in the Hyundai ad, stopped at in the hilarious Super Bowl Halftime commercial. We all laughed because we often think of these things as negative too.
Think of the last time you had day that was hard, tough or difficult.
You know what made it difficult?
I promise you it was not the root canal, the jury duty, the seat on the airplane or even the beet loaf (which by the way is actually a thing!).
What made it a hard day was your thoughts about those things.
A day is just a day. It cannot be “hard” or difficult” without your mind.
When we reflect on our day and determine it was “tough” we are omitting all of the things that were great. I do not know the details of your day so far today but I know for sure, if you looked, you could find both good and bad, easy and hard.
You get to tell whichever version of the story you want. Pick the version that serves you.
Our mind is what that makes a day “hard”, it’s also the very thing that makes it “great”.
It is all about managing your mind and thinking on purpose.
You may still decide to think that getting a root canal is “hard”. But, you can follow that up with “And, I’m willing to do hard things”.
The contrast of good and bad, easy and hard will always be there. I can help you maneuver through it all. Click here to schedule a free 30-minute coaching session.
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