The other day I was feeling a bit sorry for myself. Everything, it seems, was getting in my way. My plans for the day, the month, the year disrupted. Maybe you know the feeling these days? So I called my mentor and asked what he thought I should do.

“Exactly what you trained to do,” he replied.

You didn’t invest in education not to be challenged, did you?
You didn’t put in hours training to only get right answers.
You didn’t struggle to act and persist just to give up, did you?
You didn’t expect no innovation or variation in the economy.
You didn’t surround yourself with smart peers and thoughtful leaders and demanding clients not to be challenged, did you?

You didn’t expect every deal or day to be a walk in the park.

NOW is WHY you got started, WHAT you’ve trained for and WITH WHOM you’ve undertaken the journey. TODAY isn’t the exception, but the rule!

“Pull yourself together,” he finished. “It’s time to get GOING.”

NOW is the time to:
Turn off the TV; put down the wine.
Get up, get dressed; Work like it's the office.
Stop scrolling all your apps.
Give the news a rest.
Forget trying to parse every post and politician.
Leave the science and sociology and snark to someone else.

BUT for heaven’s sake,
DO what you’ve been preparing
FOR your whole life:

Today isn't “TIME OFF”
But “GAME ON!"

#alwaysinspiring