You've had a bad day. Maybe you've had a bad week. It's been one moment after another, and it seems like the people you trust to run things have lost their minds and forgotten how to do their jobs.
Maybe you received bad news that shook you to the core. Or perhaps you haven't been sleeping well (or at all) lately. This snowball of your life seems to keep getting bigger every moment, and the momentum is against you.
This is your challenge moment. This is where you decide what kind of person you're going to be to those around you. Maybe you don't have anyone working under you, and all the pressure falls on your shoulders, but there are still others paying attention to your life. They might be friends or family rather than co-workers, but they're there.
Stop where you are. Calm down and take a deep breath. Some people say count to ten. Just do whatever you need to do to disconnect for a moment and derail that negative momentum.
It may be the hardest thing in the world for you to do, and there may be so many people out there just begging for you to tell them exactly where to get off, but don't say anything. Walk outside if you have to. Do not allow this moment to define your career and your future.
I'm sure you've seen people in your past who blew up and maybe felt better for a moment or two, but they left behind a wake of emotional or relational destruction that took a long time to heal up (if it ever did). It is an unfortunate truth that the boiling moments of our lives can define us in the eyes of those around us if we aren't careful.
You are too good to let that happen. You have worked too hard to throw it all away for a moment of temporary satisfaction telling someone where to go and how to get there.
Breathe.
Breathe again.
Then step away for a clearer perspective if you can. Approach the situation from a new angle and see if that makes it easier. But whatever you do, don't give in.
You can do this. And you can come out better from it.
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