Assessing your aggravation level
Hey everybody. An interesting event happened the other day to me. My car broke down. Not that my car breaking down is the most interesting thing in my life but it was a phone call to one of my patients while waiting to be picked up. I always believe in returning patient and client phone calls within the same day and if I can within a hour. She asked what I was doing and I told her the situation. She replied, "O God, I am so sorry. That is soooo aggravating!"
I thought to myself and then shared with her that there are many more aggravating things that could be happening right now. Something like this would have set her back mentally. She would have conjured up a tremendous amount of stress. She would have shared this event with ALL her friends with the story actually getting worse with each telling. This my friends, is how you develop an ulcer or irritable bowel syndrome.
So my words of wisdom is when you think something is "god-awful" or "really aggravating" you should assess the issue and compare it to (or think of) 5 other really aggravating things in life
The other aggravating things I thought about was being stuck and not near a bathroom; being stuck and not having any water; being stuck and not having any one come for me; being stuck and have it freezing out side; and being stuck and not having my protein bar with me.
It was inconvenient. So aggravating? Not my perception.
Remember, perception is 100% true!
On a funny note. Two days ago I made my last car payment. The day after, it breaks down.
Aggravating? No. Funny, yes!
The 3rd step in Accumulating Wealth will be discuused in a couple of days.
I thought to myself and then shared with her that there are many more aggravating things that could be happening right now. Something like this would have set her back mentally. She would have conjured up a tremendous amount of stress. She would have shared this event with ALL her friends with the story actually getting worse with each telling. This my friends, is how you develop an ulcer or irritable bowel syndrome.
So my words of wisdom is when you think something is "god-awful" or "really aggravating" you should assess the issue and compare it to (or think of) 5 other really aggravating things in life
The other aggravating things I thought about was being stuck and not near a bathroom; being stuck and not having any water; being stuck and not having any one come for me; being stuck and have it freezing out side; and being stuck and not having my protein bar with me.
It was inconvenient. So aggravating? Not my perception.
Remember, perception is 100% true!
On a funny note. Two days ago I made my last car payment. The day after, it breaks down.
Aggravating? No. Funny, yes!
The 3rd step in Accumulating Wealth will be discuused in a couple of days.
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