There are 4 stages in life that are not mutually exclusive. The learning years The earning years The legacy years The Golden years Our goal is to arrive at the Golden years having built a legacy we can be proud of. Also, in the Golden years people call us for our wisdom. However, wherever we are on the journey, we can still dabble in the other areas, in fact it is advisable. We can contribute a little wisdom when we are young, a little energy when we are not so young. We can contribute throughout our lives. Often these opportunities to contribute are right before our eyes. It can be a smile, helping someone across the street, a kind observation, patience when the wait is longer than it should be, making us late for the next thing, not needing to be "right" all the time, letting ourselves have a little grace when we screw up. All of these contribute to our legacy and prepare us for our golden years, when we can contribute true wisdom and be happy in the knowledge that we contributed.

I have known some people who have many talents and have not excelled over time. I think most of us have multiple talents. It could be empathy, humility, mental toughness, artsy stuff, rational mind stuff, high IQ, etc. However, whether we have one talent or many there is a problem that we need to be able to face. What happens when things get hard? Talent alone is not enough. Hard work alone is not enough. Connections alone are not enough. What do I mean "when things get hard". When the boss that hired you leaves the company, and you are no longer top of the list. When your team don't respond the way you expect them to respond. When "you fill in the blank". All your talents will get you "into the room". What will keep you there (When things get hard)?

When I watch football players take penalties (I like football), they take several deep breaths so as to control their body and emotions. It's just an example of what we can do in our lives before any stressful moment. Often we can't predict when a stressful moment will come in our days so it is up to us to take several small pauses each day to close our eyes, get connected to our bodies and our feelings/stresses so that when compounding stresses arrive (triggers) we are already "destressed" from the other tentions we had in our bodies and minds beforehand. What do you think? How do you do this?

1 minute to change EVERYTHING about your children's thinking, including their self-esteem. Cambia el pensamiento negativo: cambia tu vida y la de tus hijos 1 minuto para cambiar TODO sobre la forma de pensar de tus hijos, incluida su autoestima.

Bienvenido @Tina Saxena quien he conocido por varios años. Un buen apoyo sabia al grupo. Tina, diganos un poco de tí.