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Managing your Inner Game in a Tough Situation
Photo Credit: Photo by phife on Unsplash Have you ever thought you had a good plan for going forward but then it all just fell apart? That’s what the last few days have been like for me, and I talk about it in this week’s post. It’s a personal story, but it gives a good feel for the daily work of raising your Inner Game. Enjoy! SUMMARY A great story of how new situations can throw your Inner Game off track. The three steps that work for me every time. The importance of action! The very best kind of action to take. Watch/listen to get the full message. HOT NEWS & DEALS! 1) Free guide: "Three Things You Can Do Right Now To Start Loving Your Work (And Life) Again.” Visit davidlevin.com to get yours today! 2) The David Levin Show podcast is now available. Subscribe at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-david-levin-show/id1401013964 3) COMING SOON: Limited Edition Raise Your Inner Game Medallion. Carry it in your purse or pocket. It’s an UP button for your Inner Elevator! Watch for an announcement. [ transcript ] Hey, it’s David Levin. Author of Raise Your Inner Game, co-author of QBQ the question behind the question, founder of Raise Your Inner Game Academy. Have you ever had a time when you looked ahead at the next week or so, thought you had a good plan for taking care of yourself, and getting things done, but then it all just falls apart? That’s what the last few days have been like for me. We’re on a family road trip this week and the first few days have been pretty rough. I thought I had a good plan, and I was looking forward to it. But just enough things were different from what I expected that it just threw everything out of whack. So here’s the story. A couple weeks ago we came to Chicago for a short vacation. Just a few days. I was in the middle of a 30-day challenge during that trip, trying to stay perfectly focused with all the things on my Inner Game Tracker, a morning routine with sitting, and exercise, and journaling, and not drinking coke zero, and everything just worked out great. I got up at 6 in the dark hotel room, had my morning sit, slipped out to fitness center for walk/run on the treadmill and my pull-ups pushups and sit ups, then went to business center, did my morning journal and a journal recording for the podcast. Slipped back in to the room around 7:30 or 8. They were still getting up. It was perfect. And I really loved it. Great start to the day. Just felt good all day because of it. So I was looking forward to doing that again on this trip. But there is just enough different about the situation this time that it just doesn’t work. First, the rest of the family can’t sleep in. The kids have to get up at 6:30 to be ready for their classes. So I can get up and sit, but that’s about it. No time for any of the other stuff until after they’ve gone at 8:15. It’s sort of like a typical school year model or rhythm. But at that point, I want to get to work. The day is already under way. There’s a lot of pressure to not do the rest of it. It really works great when it’s all part of the same morning routine. Also, the first couple of days anyway, the breakfast available was terrible. Just pure cheap carbs. Fruit Loops. Bagels. I had waffles and orange juice yesterday. And a huge crash a couple hours later, as you’d expect. The kind of crash, by the way, that makes a Coke Zero irresistible. You know where that’s going. Also, the fitness center has no way to do pull ups. I can still do the other stuff, but for some reason, not being able to do pull ups just really bums me out. I don’t want to go a whole week without those. So like I said there are just a lot of things that are throwing me off track these last couple days and I’m feeling a bit off center. When I lay down last night, and when I went to write in my journal this morning, I really felt like it’s been a terrible day. I was really bummed out. But on paper,