You’ve just had an amazing day! You were in a state of flow, you were loving the impact you were having on the people around you, and you were just rocking life.
But then something happens on your way home from work. You remember there was an appointment you had set and now it’s too late to make it work. You feel bad that you’ve let someone down and can’t believe you let that happen.
The negative feeling stays with you. You forget about the wonderful day you’ve just had. You know that the appointment can be rescheduled, but on some level you feel like you’ve failed. You then arrive home and feel like your day was a write-off.
Just because we had a backwards step, doesn’t mean that your whole day was a failure. Not in the slightest! But how often do we attach ourselves to the 1% of the day that may not have gone well, instead of the 99% of the day that did?!
Yes, you had a backwards step. But that does not define the day you had, the impact you had, and the person you are. You can learn from the backwards step, but don’t let it define you.