You can be bitter or you can be
better. As a follower of the Rules and Tools, I want you to choose to be
better. During the course of your success, you will undoubtedly come
across those who don’t know the rules. Perhaps it’s that difficult person, or
someone who will intentionally lie or cross you, even hurt you (physically,
financially or emotionally). Whether it is disappointment, frustration or
anger, we very often carry this emotional burden long after the initial
experience. Soon it begins to weigh heavy on us and becomes exhausting,
sometimes consuming us in our thoughts and actions. We then lose focus of what
the rules are and begin to make poor decisions.
During my career I’ve known many people
who harbored ill feelings and emotions about another person, or a past
situation that just gnawed at them. Some carried this baggage around for
several years, their actions resulting in physical and emotional illness,
countless arguments, and in some cases illegal behavior, all because they
didn’t let it go. Have you ever been so angry with someone, just the
sight, or even thought of them made you physically ill?
Instead, learn to let it go - let go of
the fight. Ask yourself, why do I allow this person/situation to have control
over me? How much time do I spend worrying, or worse scheming? Ask instead,
what can I do to learn from this experience? How can I affect the situation? It
is what it is. What’s done is done. Now, what MUST I do to move on? Forgive?
Accept? Understand? Today we have so many veterans who have experiences many of
us can NEVER relate to, from missing limbs to sights and sounds that will last
them a life time . . . yet, if and when they learn to “let it go”, they have
extraordinary success in their lives as entrepreneurs, business leaders, in
sports and hobbies, surely you can let go of the petty office politics, getting
laid off, the last argument that has estranged you from a parent, a
sibling, an ex-spouse, or child.
What else can you let go?
Self-determinants? Old paradigms? Grudges? Stereotypes?
You are awesome. Be Extraordinary! Let
it go.
