Sunday Story…Tough times

These last few weeks we’ve been exploring mental toughness, mainly how to be more mentally tough. What we haven’t touched on is the why. Why is mental toughness important? Why is it even a thing? Why not just go about your business any way you can?

The answer is simple. Life is going to throw some stuff at you. Some of that stuff is going to suck. Some of it is going to really suck and some of it is going to be truly awful. If your habit is to fold up your tent, quit and go home then when that awful stuff life throws your way guess what you’re going to do? Yep, you are going to do what is habitual and easy.

Understanding what it takes to be mentally tough isn’t enough. It isn’t an intellectual exercise. It is an exercise based in real life. I want to be ready for the next curve ball life throws at me because it’s coming. As sure as I am writing this today, it is coming. Will I fold, wilt like a delicate flower, melt like a snowflake? Will you?

Mentally tough people don’t fold, wilt, melt or quit. They look at the challenge, talk the tough talk to themselves, make a plan, change the plan and met the unknown and unknowable head on. Because they have practiced and tried and failed at smaller less important things (honestly, your “Fran” time is pretty inconsequential on the big picture) they are ready to face the fan when the proverbial stuff hits it.

Tough times don’t last. Tough people do…Robert H. Schuller

John Mariotti
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