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Scriptcase extended event on calendar3/24/2024 Read a chapter in a book you’ve been neglecting. Often times I’ll beat myself up about unproductive days, and negative thoughts can be dangerously infectious if you don’t use a little alchemy. If something comes to mind, add it to the list for when the more capable you returns, then get back to finger painting. The key it to keep it unimportant, menial, and simple. I often enjoy working on my “Hit List,” which is a list people or businesses I plan to target for business. Think of it as sharpening your bayonet between battles… boring but still beneficial. Organize your Google drive, clean up your workspace, write out your to-do list for the next day… anything that lets the circuits in your head cool off. Swallow your pride, put on your dunce hat, sharpen your crayons, and stick to the basics. If you don’t have the option to unplug for the day and restart, dumb it down. Come back feeling behind, eager to run through a to-do list and focused on making up for the self-imposed time in the penalty box. Even if you just take an extended lunch hour to clear your head in a park, hit the beach, or meditate ( check out my article on meditation), escaping the chaos can often be exactly what the doctor ordered. Sometimes I’ll do the same thing when I feel unmotivated to workout, and after a week out of the gym, I’ll often feel like a fat-ass and return with a vengeance. If you’re like most hungry hustlers, it should pain you and build guilt to be on the bench during a work day, but that’s the point. I learned this one from a good friend I used to work with who had a boss known for sending his mortgage brokers home if they were dragging ass. If your head isn’t in the game, don’t waste energy forcing out a subpar performance, possibly mucking things up in the process. Maybe it’s a sign of burnout, maybe Mercury is in retrograde… Depending on the circumstances and your options, there could be myriad of ways you can shift gears to turn your day around (or at least make it a not-so-shitty day), and I’ve found a handful that I keep in my arsenal when I find myself knee-deep.Ĭall it a day. One thing I’ve learned from trading is everything has cycles, ups and downs, bull markets and bear markets… it’s natural, it’s expected, it’s necessary. It’s inevitable that some days are just going to feel more like running in mud than firing on all cylinders, but the way we handle those days has a significant effect on our long-term ambitions. I don’t care if you’re Pejman Ghadimi, Elon Musk, or a cashier at Walmart, we’re all susceptible to shitty days.
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