Blair Singer delivers a short motivational coaching message about reacting to a personal or professional "crash." He outlines a four-step response: (1) return to the disciplines that produced success, (2) choose love and compassion toward others and yourself, (3) continue studying and applying principles, and (4) expect something good to happen to prompt a quicker recovery.
Okay, here comes the crash. You were high as a kite. Now you're feeling yourself going down this slippery slope. Here's what you do. Number one, invoke your disciplines. Whatever the things were that got you to that inflated place, go back and make sure you're still following those disciplines. Don't give those up. Number two. The people that you probably are the most impatient with when you go into a crash are the people closest to you. Your friends, your family, even yourself. Therefore, step two. Love and compassion. Wherever it is, no matter what you're thinking, even you want to strangle somebody. Love and compassion. Fake it if you got to, but love and compassion override that. That nasty impatience. Number three. Number three. Keep studying. Keep learning. Keep applying the principles that got you to the top. And then number four, Expect something good to happen. Expect something good to happen. And if you do that quickly, the first sign of a crash, you'll come right back up again.