Do you find yourself running away from challenging situations? Do you find yourself contented with what you have? Perhaps ‘contented’ is not the word because it involves a high level of acceptance. Maybe a better word is tolerating. As strange as it may sound, I have learnt that sometimes we are wired to tolerate misery and pain. It doesn’t prevent us from moaning and groaning about it. But we do become less inclined to take action. But life has a strange easy of happening to us and as much as we try to avoid it, sometimes challenges and trials do happen. When they do, do you then find yourself in a constant state of anxiety which results in either a flurry of tiring activity (which is often accompanied by the same moan and groan).

In my workshop, Reactivate Your Life, I often talk about the fact that however hard we try to get our life to work based on a certain set of expectations and rules that we have created, we cannot control how our life unfolds. Remember the saying, ‘S**T HAPPENS’? What do you do when s**t happens in your life? I have found that we are always in ether one of three zones. You can make sure you grow and succeed if you know which zone you are in and consciously decide to be in the zone that is most beneficial for you. Continue Reading…