Frustrated

I was reading an e-mail from my mentor this morning about his son, Alex, who is nine years old.

Alex is an amazing baseball player, and with youth baseball kicking off down south tournaments are back up and running.

Pat was talking about how Alex is excelling in running the bases, fielding, and pitching..

However, his hitting has been struggling quite a bit.

How Alex, at nine years old, responded, is a great lesson.

First, he didn’t let his frustration of not hitting well impact the other areas of his game.

Second, he didn’t complain about it, he just practiced more on hitting.

I thought that was a great lesson for everyone.

There is probably an area in your life right now that you might be frustrated with.

It could be frustrated with the results you’re getting, it could be frustrated with something at work, or it could be frustrated with a friend or family member.

With that comes two big lessons…

I know it’s hard, but try not to let that impact other areas of your life.

Now, I realize that it can be challenging.

For example, if I’m frustrated with something in the business, you bet Megan is going to hear about it, which means it has a chance of impacting our family-life as well.

However, the important thing is when one area of life feels frustrating, don’t bring the rest of life down to that level.

Secondly, what are you doing about that area?

Alex spent more time practicing hitting.

He owned that it is his area for opportunity and he put in the work.

Pretty good for nine years old, huh?

It was a good reminder for me too.

Don’t let the frustration of where you’re at paralyze you to the point of not doing anything about it.

Show up every day and try to make that area of your life better.

It doesn’t matter if we’re going talking fitness or nutrition, or any other area of life.

When the plan isn’t working don’t just sit back and pout, change it, and put in the work to keep moving forward.

1% Better.

Dedicated to Your Success,

Doug Spurling