Adversity

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Today I'm going to talk a little bit about how to overcome adversity. And adversity can mean so many things. I know you've turned the TV on, right? You're watching a sporting event. You hear the coach say, boy, we've been through some adversity this year, some ups and downs. It could be some more serious things, like some pain that you may have, you know, within. For, for, you know, there might be a death in the family or any different form of, like, illness or financially, you're having some setbacks and you have some adversity going on. And sometimes it's just really getting through the tough times. So we look at adversity and one way is, you know, we use that to be. Talk about mental toughness. Well, sometimes we can only be so tough. I mean, mental toughness comes into play, you know, certain times. But if we're going through some personal things in our life, we may have to lean on somebody. We may need somebody there to support us, like somebody within the office or a friend. So if you see somebody that's going through adversity, it's maybe good just to listen to that, to that person. So when you overcome adversity, sometimes it takes a team to do it. Sometimes you just have to do it on your own. Sometimes it's showing a lot of love towards an individual or helping them. I had a message, which I would never say names, that just touched my heart. And I had a friend that told me he's not doing so well in his life, sent me a text message and I begged him to please get help. He had to overcome his own adversity. And it's pretty much keeping things in perspective. If you could do that, you could fight through anything. And that's part of mental toughness. People ask me, can mental toughness be learned? Sure, it can. You could work through different things. How do you handle things? I've seen people handle things in so many ways. I'm going to give you a sports analogy here. I remember it was in 1994, and we were playing the New Jersey Devils and in the playoffs, and I wasn't dressed that night, but I was there. I was in The. The dressing room. And I remember it was amazing that, you know, some of our players looked a little tense and uptight. Actually, I was just outside the door of where our team would come out, and I was. I watched our teammates. Just some of them looked a little bit tense. But I looked around at the players like Kevin Lowe, who went to the Stanley cup six times, maybe seven times in his career. I think he has six Stanley cup rings. I looked at Mark Messier and I looked at something like players like McTavish, some of these older players, and they were so calm, cool and collected. And I think I even remember I brought this up to Stephon Matteo. I think, you know, they were ready to go out. And I think Kevin Lowe stood up and said, hey, we've been through adversity before. Hey, just go play. Just be ourselves, be loose. Let's go play. A lot of us have been in this situation. We don't have to change anything. Let's go. Let's have some fun and win. And it just kind of turned the tempo and the energy around. You could do the same thing at work. You could see if somebody's struggling within the office and they might need a little pep talk, they may need a little love or support. So overcoming adversity is easy to say, hey, we have to fight through adversity, but sometimes it takes a team, sometimes it takes others to help that adversity. So if you can, you know, if you're struggling or having a hard time, find a positive outlet. Some of the best ways to deal with it is sharing your thoughts, sharing how you're feeling. I hope you enjoyed this short podcast today. I just thought it was a good idea about talking about adversity because we hear that word so much. And it's more than just, let's just deal with the adversity and get over it. It's something that you have to work towards. And we also have those tools to help you work towards those things. Whether it's some imagery that's going to help calm your mind down to get over it, or meditation, or using tools that are, like, outside the box that will help with overcoming adversity. If I could help you in any way, please reach out. Go to Hartman Academy if you have any questions or a lot of us are, you know, a lot of our clients are actually in the app and use that app for Q and A. It's a great accountability tool that's going to help you in your everyday life. So overcome adversity. Make sure you practice this. Work at it. Reach out. Lean on somebody for support. And if you need help from us at Hartman Academy, please reach out.

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