Scary Times Primer continued or how to get your confidence back!Part 2

We have been bringing hope and useful strategies to deal with the anxious economic and political times facing us right now. Many are fearful about their futures. Today we bring you #4,#5,#6 of 10 strategies that you can follow that support your creative thinking, communications, and actions.

These are from my mentor Dan Sullivan of the Strategic Coach.

4. Forget about your losses, focus on your opportunities.
Things you had and may have taken for granted sometimes disappear. Some people never get over
this. They keep trying to replay their old games. A better strategy is to start an entirely new game —
using new ideas, new energies, new tools, and new resources. As the world changes, opportunities
suddenly become available to achieve far more than you ever did in the past.
5. Forget about your difficulties, focus on your progress.
Because of some changes, things may not be as easy as they once were. New difficulties can either
defeat you or reveal new strengths. Your body’s muscles always get stronger from working against
resistance. The same is true for the “muscles” in your mind, your spirit, and your character. Treat this
whole period of challenge as a time when you can make your greatest progress as a human being.

6. Forget about the “future,” focus on today.

The “future” is an abstraction. It doesn’t exist except as an idea. The only future that has any reality is
the one that you continually create for yourself through each day’s contributions, achievements, and
results. This is an excellent time to ignore all those experts who never saw the present circumstances
coming. Focus on what you can do over the course of each 24 hours, and you’ll be the only expert on
the future you’ll ever need.
More tomorrow!