Your trajectory is more important than w you are at any point in time

Your trajectory is more important than where you are at any point in time

Your trajectory is more
important than where you
are at any point in time
Bởi:
Joe Tye
“Encountering obstacles after we’ve made a determination [to achieve a goal] isn’t just
an indication we’re making progress. It’s often the very thing required for victory.”
Alex Lickerman MD: The Undefeated Mind: On the Science of Constructing an
Indestructible Self
During times of trouble, we often think of life as being more like a snap shot than a
motion picture, and implicitly assume that things will never get better. If your life has
generally been improving over the past ten or twenty years, but you’re going through a
rough spot now, there’s no reason to assume the upward trend will not resume, so long
as you don’t quit and give in to self-pity and victim-itis. However, you also must be
honest with yourself. If things have been steadily deteriorating for years and now you
are in a crisis, it’s a safe bet that things won’t change unless you change.
Remember how at the outset we used the rocket ship illustration to show how a small
change in direction can, if sustained over time, result in a huge alteration of the ultimate
destination? This is a good place to remind your participants that times of difficulty and
adversity are often where the greatest opportunity lies to alter your trajectory – to make
those changes for which you simply cannot find the courage or motivation when things
are going great.

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