Sometimes You Just Have to Dig Deep and Find the Good Stuff

I told my daughter I was having a hard time coming up with topics now that I've hit 30 consecutive days of blogging (the next 335 days should be really interesting).  She said "that's when you have to dig deep and find the good stuff."  Therein lies the topic of today's post.  

 

As leaders, you are challenged on a daily basis.  You are challenged by too many demands, stupid people (I attempted to use a more politically correct term but it is what it is), and bonehead decisions others have made that you are required to make look pretty.  And then there are the people, oh, the people that seem to have gotten up today with no other motive than to make your life more difficult.    


Although those times are trying, the reality is that's when you find out what you are really made of.  When you are able to keep it together, to rise above the insanity, to remain calm when everyone else is screaming, you know you have arrived.  The tough times are when we have to dig deep and find out what we are made of.  


If you keep this in mind, you should welcome the unexpected challenges that try your patience.  Welcome the stress, welcome the employee that you have no idea how to handle.  These are opportunities.  These are opportunities for you to dig deep and find out what you are made of.  You might want to invest in a good shovel.