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1. You hear a highly disturbing sound,
its seems faraway yet is unbearable.

3. Picture this
You hear a highly disturbing sound, its seems
faraway yet is unbearable.
Its the alarm on your phone, you hit the snooze
and turn over craving for ten more minutes of
comforting sleep, just ten…

4. You open your eyes a bit later, glance at the
phone and jump out of bed with a cry.
You overslept and are 20 minutes behind
schedule.
You curse yourself for staying up so late last
night reworking the slide deck.

5. You curse your boss too for asking for so many
changes one day prior to the big meeting.
A quick shower, skipped breakfast and you are
out of the door.
Its a big day, important meeting, key
presentation.

6. You have been meaning to work on this for the
past two months but could begin just twelve days
ago.
Far too much work on your plate.
A win today will take the pressure off you and off
your boss too, bring in some much needed extra
attention from the management team, maybe set
you up for a bigger increment….

7. You struggle through the snail like morning
traffic, glancing at your watch every couple of
minutes, drumming your fingers on the steering
wheel in nervousness, one eye on the phone in
your dashboard while avoiding the bikes and
assorted vehicles criss crossing ahead of you.
Your mind is racing with thoughts, revisiting
the slides worked and reworked a dozen
times over the last few days.

8. The phone rings, its your colleague from R &
D checking if you can include some last
minute revisions to their data.
You groan and decline, they aren’t happy,
heated words are exchanged, your boss calls
next to check if you are already at the office
to receive the clients

9. You break into a sweat and weakly reassure him
you are just around the corner and will be up in a
matter of minutes.
He doesn’t sound convinced, you end the call.
Snatches of unpleasant conversations from an
earlier meeting drift by in your mind only to be
interrupted by loud honking behind you.

10. You mutter under your breath and accelerate not
paying attention to the traffic lights that have just
turned red.
Next thing you know, you are pleading with the
traffic cop to let you go for an important meeting.
He looks disinterested and bored. Asks you to
park by the road along with other traffic
offenders.

11. You look at your watch and panic, you are going
to be late, way too late.
Your sweaty fingers dial your teammate’s mobile
number, the line is busy, you curse, feel the
tension rising in your stomach, you continue to
redial.
Reaching the office 45 minutes later than
planned.

12. You rush through the aisle, the receptionist says
your co- presenter called in sick, needs you to
cover up for her.
You enter the conference room feeling drained,
sheepish, clumsy and embarrassed.
The clients are already in and seated, coffee
has been served, your boss is chatting them
up and gives you a brief.

13. Non approving look which makes you feel even
more miserable.
You mumble an apology, set up the equipment
and begin making the presentation.
Then it gets worse, the clients ask some tough
questions not part of the brief.

14. You are caught unaware, this was not on the
agenda plus you are hungry and not feeling at
your best so you fumble.
You lie, you don’t sound so convincing, there
is an unnerving silence in the room, you look
at your colleagues for help, none dare to step
up. You rush through the balance slides, the
meeting ends in an awkward manner.

15. The clients leave promising to let you know their
decision soon.
Something tells you it wont be in your favor.
You start thinking about the meeting that is about
to follow with your boss and it fills you with
dread…

16. You, Me and Everyone
What I have painted here is a slightly
exaggerated yet realistic scenario that happens
quite often at the workplace.
I have been through these in the early parts of
my corporate career, the clients I now coach say
they are going through it..

17. Maybe you too have and are facing similar
stressful situations.
Uncertainty is Certain
Life is unpredictable, every day can bring new
challenges.
You just cannot be in control all the time.

18. Yes, that hurts, it causes pain and stress to know
you can’t be on top of some situations however,
that's the reality.
The only thing you have control over though is
your response to these events in your life.
And the quality of your response can influence
the outcome.

19. Choose Wisely
If you choose to be disorganized, worry, panic,
pass the blame, fumble, lie, work in a silo then
you are going to have poor outcomes.
You choose to plan well, be organized,
communicate effectively, set clear expectations,
stay confident, demonstrate ownership.

20. Collaborate and focus on the solution.
You can have a better outcome.
Revisit the story with the second approach.
See how the outcome could have been
influenced better.

21. Stop fighting situations beyond your control
Start focusing your attention on improving your
response to them
Life does not get better by chance,
it gets better by change ~ Jim
Rohn.

22. Questions to reflect over:
1. What are some tough situations in life outside
your control?
2. What is your current response to them?
3. Is that helping or hurting you?

23. 4. What could be an alternate response?
5. How would that influence the outcome?
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