It's been a while since I've posted up here so I thought I'd take this opportunity to share a learning that I have had over the last few months. They say the human mind is the most powerful computer there is and like all computers they come with default settings that you change to best suit what you want them to do.
As many of you would know I work in the field of Personal Development and I run my business almost 100% online and while this makes life very convenient as I can run my company from the comfort of my own home, it does not come without some draw backs.
I choose to live in a rural area because I love being close to nature but unfortunately as far as technology goes us people who live in the sticks don't always get the same level of service as those who choose to live in the big city and that's we're both my latest challenge and also my learning experience stemmed from.
You see we have had a lot of drama pretty much from the new year getting internet conectivity as we were on a entirely wireless system that utilised mobile phone reception and for some reason was no longer working, a slight problem for someone running an online business from home. No problem I thought it would be a simple solution of changing ISP's and getting lines connected to the property for ADSL and when I spoke to them they assured me this would be the case.
Reality was almost 4 months without proper internet and as you can imagine it caused me a little stress, what I found is that after a little while I started to get frustrated and I found myself going back to my old habits of sleeping a little longer, spending nights in front of the TV after all I couldn't work my business and it wasn't my fault. Yes that's right I started to justify doing nothing and then it got worse I stopped not only working on my business I stopped working on me.
It was only when my fiance said something to me that I even realised I had reverted back to my default settings without even noticing I had gone back to the person I used to be the person that would settle for mediocre and I am extremely grateful to my beautiful lady for her gentle reminder. Now this was someone who lives and breathes personal development so you can imagine how easy this would be for those less devoted.
So the message I took away from all this is to be concious that when you're dealt a bum hand and circumstances outside your control cause you to lose momentum, that the road to success is paved with pot holes and your bound to hit a few. Just don't lose site of the bigger picture, stay focussed on your goals and watch you don't reset yourself to your default settings.
Have an Exceptional Day
Rob Larney
Director and Life Balance Mentor
Exceptional Life Balance
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