When the Going Gets Tough

There is a saying, 'When the going get tough the tough get going'.

Tough times are for breaking through and finding a prize awaiting on the other side.

Tough times are not times of compromise. I remember reading how Winston Churchill knew that Hitler was not a man to be ignored, he was an enemy that needed notice.

The prime minister of England at the then time was trying to make peace with the enemy and Churchill was jumping up and down because he knew the enemy. Churchill was proven right and successfully took England through the second world war.

We need to know our enemy, it might be us. Perhaps we are fainting in the fight. We need help. Call our the ra! ra! team, talk to your mentor (business coach) not necessarily your mates. Get your focus back.

Perhaps you are really being beaten, do you have a wall of fame? This is where you have pinned all your past achievements. If you don't have one perhaps you should. Maybe the only claim you have to fame is winning a sports medal, losing weight, painting the house. Remind yourself of how you did it, take inventory.

Tough times try to tell us we are a failure, this is the time to get creative. Take a step back, go for a walk, free yourself from the doing and find your vision, your goal. Be grateful! Talk to someone who will see what you do not, who will encourage and lift you up.

Get fresh perspective and remember why you started, what was your goal? Where is your picture? See yourself at the end and work backwards to now, you can win!