How’s it going, guys and gals?
Well, if you live in the Great Lakes area (give a couple
latitudinal points here and there), it might not be so well. We’re getting a
hell of a snow storm around these parts… it started yesterday and is meant to
break a couple records.
And you should read what the papers and
weather channels are saying about it; it’s gonna be the worst storm in years, a
mega-storm, it’s all over after twelve noon.
Sure, they have a right − it’s not going to
be a pretty day. But, that storm’s still coming.
And, guess what? If you live in the area
it’s going to touch, there’s just about nothing you can do about what the
weather will bring.
You can clean up afterwards, you can
acknowledge the trouble it might cause you, you can prepare for it. But when
it’s grease to frying pan time, you’ve got to work around it.
And however bad it is, you’re going to end
up living through it and having to deal with it.
It bugs me (or makes me laugh) when media
sources and people in positions of authority say disturbing things like those
mentioned above (no offence to media sources or people in positions of
authority). They’re right and we should appreciate the facts they have to give
us.
But that’s where it should end − the facts.
The big titles, the record-breaking damage it’ll cause, the witty slogans of
doom, they’re all unnecessary.
And people who pay too much attention to
them end up wasting time and energy they could be using to do something
productive.
Today could be a nightmare − you might not
be able to make it into work, it could be even worse where you are than where I
am. And, depending on how bad it is, it could mean a lot of extra work for you
(the benefits of living in a cold country − I suppose at least I don’t have to
worry about tsunamis). But you’re going to have to deal with it realistically,
not with all the elaboration. As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, “more matter with less art”.
Do yourself a favour and get on with the
work that needs to be done. Exaggerating the worst won’t make it better. But it
might throw your mindset and make it harder to deal with the inevitable. The
bad is bad, no doubt about it. But making the best use of what you have is what
it takes to be successful. That’s what all the big athletes, movie-stars,
singers and CEOs used, one day at a time, to get where they are.
And you’re as good as any of them are.
Talk to you next week!
Alex H.
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