Good Morning,
Did you ever have such a rough day that when you got home you just wanted to crawl into bed and go to sleep until the New Year...2020? And worse, there are times when these days hang out with each other and give us a week or more of woe...
How do we get through these tough spells, especially when we know that there is another tough one coming around the pike?
Giving up is not an option. Well, it is an option, but after we give up, life still comes at us and we still have to get through it.
What helps me get through the day is what I do for other people. In the middle of an extremely tough day I had the chance to speak to someone and help them with some of the challenges they were facing. Being able to listen and give objective feedback and advice, tapping into the knowledge I have been accumulating over the years, is such a blast! I know I was having a rough day, but this act of helping another just kept putting a smile on my face.
I think back to helping others, and the rough spots of the day don't feel so bad.
Could it be that simple, that just helping another person, group or organization can help make us happier and better able to get through those rough spots in our lives?
Well, in a word... Yes.
When we help others, we show ourselves and the world that we are a part of something greater than just our own person. We show that we are connected to a larger world, and that we are not adrift, alone and forgotten. We matter, we make a difference, we have worth.
As I am learning from Dr. Lance Secretan's book, "One: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership" when we understand that we are all interconnected, that our world is a world of connections, we can see that when we help others, we are in fact helping ourselves.
I may not be able to do a lot to change the chaos I have to face every day, but I can help make the lives of others better, and that helps me. I look forward to each of my coaching sessions and how I can help others improve, and the challenges of the day are diminished.
When you find yourself in that same boat; frustrated, overwhelmed and feeling powerless, maybe the solution is to stop looking within. Maybe look outward, to what you can do to help another.
Sure helping others may not solve your problem, but it will help you feel better, and when you feel better, you are in a better position to objectively help yourself. Additional the help you give to others does come back to help you, and often in ways we never expect.
When the days get rough, remember, getting through can be a lot easier when we have others to help, and pick us up in the process.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
Sanford@berenberg.net
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