Overwhelmed? Struggling? How?

When you own a business, run a business, or work period... there will be times when you are struggling, not striving, and frankly so overwhelmed you might just deck the next person who says "you should do.....". It's true.

Man or woman, owner or employee.. we all have days in which we have piled on too many things, tried to do too much, or said yes one or fifty too many times. Yet, it's what you do when that happens that determines how long you stay in that overwhelmed state. Here are some things to ask yourself:

Are you coachable?
Are you able to accept responsibility for your own actions and the consequences of them?
Are you confident you can do what you want to do?
Are you willing to make the sacrifices that it will take to get there?
Do you have the support you need and if not, how can you go get them? Where are they?
Do you know what you want and if not, how can you figure that out?

Note the questions... they are not begun with the word WHY. Why is this happening to me? Why am I so tired? Why can't I make it all work? Why can't I get my list done today? Why can't... why... why... why? If you ask those kinds of why questions, you will get answers, but those answers won't serve you well.

Instead, as yourself HOW, WHEN, and WHERE so that your mind begins to propel you forward into an arena of answers that may actually provide stepping stones to solutions. Of course, you can stay overwhelmed and struggling for as long as you need. For however long that serves it's purpose. But, when you can look forward instead of down and see light at the end of the tunnel instead of a blackhole ... you may just find that the overwhelmed feelings are coming from your own lack of clarity or lack of direction or lack of belief in you. YOU can do this.. if you want to. The real question is do you want it bad enough and are you willing to do what it takes to make it happen?

I believe in ya!
Stay Contagious,
Monica