Do you get those moments or periods when the world, or something even bigger , seems to be conspiring against you.

I , like a good time manager, allocate my time in the week: for activites that are known, ongoing work that will become due, some thinking/planning time, administration, business development and, of course, time for inconveniences.

Well this last week has been something quite abnormal.

The best laid plans and intentions gone out of the window.

Of course this newsletter is, from my perspective, the casualty. And I can only say that I am happy that it has given me a good and important topic to write about (I do not pre-prepare the newletters, I prefer to write something fresh and give it to you a little raw) .

Here is a interesting twist. All the inconveniences I have had in the last week have a silver lining. They are not actually inconveniences , they were unforeseen events. With some work they can be sorted out and benefits will arise and new opportunites will result.

Real inconveniences are like weeds. If you just tackle them: they will grow again and come back to haunt you again. You have to cut them at the roots.

Look to see what the mechanism is that cuased the inconvenience. Was it bad comunication? Was it an agreement that was not clear? Was someone not takling their responsibility? Etc.etc..

Something went wrong – what was it? While it is still hot, let's rectify it.

Now here is a personal thing, you may find useful. When these inconveniences, as they are perceived in the moment, occur I ask myself, "What did I do to create this?"
Anything that happens to me, I caused it to happen.
I take responsibility for the good and the bad.

The good I celebrate: the bad I work on, to make it good.

At the end of the day aren't all these inconveniences just hidden opportunities?

Nigel coaches people like you to freedom – freedom from limitations, freedom to do/be more, financial freedom, emotional freedom, freedom to be yourself.

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