Aug 27, 2008
I am taking some time to unwind and reflect on my wonderful summer. I am trying to get back into my routines that exist for the ten months of the year that I don’t work at our leadership camp. I am so positive about the future of our programs and where we are going as an organization. I believe we have gathered the best team we have ever had and I try and celebrate them every day. In fact today we will have our annual end of summer celebration at my cottage in Georgian Bay.
I was talking with a friend of mine who is planning a huge conference in Quebec City. I am one of the speakers and couldn’t be more excited. While we chatted she was concerned about the slow arrival of registrations. We were also talking about a dear friend who is battling cancer and doing it with a very positive attitude. As we were ending the call she said that her challenge didn’t seem so bad compared to cancer.
I hung up the phone and looked out into the Bay and noticed a lone daisy rising up from the rocky shore. It stood strong in the wind, the waves lapping against the rocks. Got me thinking, we need to put our life in perspective more often. Not dismissing our challenges and failures but celebrating the 1% actions we take towards our goals, the good stuff that we have done.
That flower represents to me the strength of the positive, the perseverance of the human spirit, the light of a true leader. So grow where you are planted, learn from your mistakes and remember that someone else is watching how you handle your challenges. Is it with grace or negativity?
Here is today’s question… Read it, write it, answer it and share your thoughts here on the STUpendous BLOG!
How do you celebrate your challenges? What have you learned from your failures? How could you handle the next road block differently?
Posted by Stu Saunders in Goal Setting Learning and Growing Motivation YLCC on Aug 27, 2008 at 7:32 am | Permanent Link | Comments (5)
Comment posted on Aug 27, 2008 at 8:10 am by Christy* (YLCC Member)
I celebrate my challenges the way any teen would, with something delicious but unhealthy (chocolate, fastfood, bacon, etc.) haha
Or, i talk about it with my close friends, to just share my feelings on it. Not bragging of course, just discussing it and why it was a good challenge (or bad). I have learned alot from my failures, like asking for help when it’s needed, and to never bite off more then you can chew haha
I could handle the next road block differently by taking a step back, and using ACE to help me solve the problem in the best way possible
Good questions, Stu!
Comment posted on Aug 27, 2008 at 9:42 am by Vicky (YLCC Member)
Amazing questions Stu!
I usually celebrate my challenges by writing in my journal, talking to a friend about it or eating something extremly unhealthy and laughing. Like any other teen would. What have I learned from my failures, well I’d have to say that I probably learn it’s ok to cry when you fail and that talking to parents sometimes gets you farther than talking to friends but both are good. I’ve also learned that comfort food helps but the most important thing is to NOT bottle up your feelings and to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!! To be honest I could say anything but I can probably tell you that I willl still handle it the same way but I’m trying desperately more and more each day to figure out new ways to overcome my road blocks.
Miss you,
Love Always,
Vicky
Comment posted on Aug 27, 2008 at 5:50 pm by KimPossible (YLCC Member)
fabulous post stu...I am going to write my reply to your questions in my journal!
Comment posted on Aug 28, 2008 at 7:29 am by Daniel Renaud (YLCC Guest)
Hi Stu,
I meet you at the ABS weekend 2 years ago and I am from Quebec City. What is the conference that you are talking about? I am now a certified coach and if I can help you please let me know. Please give me some details about it.
Dan the accountant with orange shoes ()
Comment posted on Aug 28, 2008 at 10:29 am by Hillary Newkirk (YLCC Member)
How do you celebrate your challenges? What have you learned from your failures? How could you handle the next road block differently?
I just think about my challenges and what I’ve learned from them. To me, the best way to celebrate a challenge is to be able to tell a great story afterwards to pass along to people. That enables you to either teach people something new, or be able to look back on your mistakes and be able to laugh at funny situations.
Failures enable me to see how I react in certain situations and how I function the best. I’ve learned loads from my failures whether it is something big or something little. Mostly I’ve learned that what’s happened is rarely as big a deal as you make it out to be, and there is almost always a solution.
My next roadblock will be similar to many of the roadblocks I’ve had whilst travelling England. I will stand back and decide how I can make it better, and who I can talk to to make it better. And I am starting to realize sooner and sooner every time that whatever it is that has happened, that there is a solution and I just have to find it and not make it worse by being upset!
Good blogging Stu, Miss you!
xx Hillary