At some point in your life you will find yourself involved in awkward moments or difficult situations. These moments can range from feeling embarrassment to rejection or dealing with the death of a loved one. Your difficult situation may be related to your finances, your marriage, your children or your job. However, there are steps and actions you can take to handle any difficult situation that life may bring.
This past weekend I went to Toronto to run a Turbo Kick & PiYo Strength training course. Saturday was Turbo, rainy day outside, perfect day for a training inside! PiYo Strength on Sunday, BEAUTIFUL sunny hot day (was a rare day as of the past season we’ve had) 1 hour into our 8 hour training day, we were immediately instructed to vacate the gym as there may be a gas leak. Leave everything and go!
Should I freak out??
Should I cancel this event?
Should I show the paying participants who dedicated 1 day for higher learning and goals that when things don’t go perfectly, you should just shut down?
OF COURSE NOT! We found the flattest little part of grassy curb with some shade from the building, put our mats down outside- and continued on the training!!
Pulled my Denali up- blasted PiYo Strength Lesson 15- and did a PiYo workout outside!
– YES it was HOT!!
– YES- people kept having ants, potato bugs, and flys crawl and stick to them
– YES the ground was so uneven we were so off balance
– YES we had to keep watching where we stepped so we would miss the goose poop
One girl even had cigarette butts keep sticking to her and then later found a bug crawling in her hair during lunch!
The Shade disappeared during their lunch break, so we hunted down a new location and ended up pushing table umbrellas together- and squeezed the ladies in tight under the shade.
-People got tans/sunburned
-The day had to be re-arranged to keep accommodating our special circumstances
At 3:30pm, they finally allowed us back into the gym. We then caught up running through our form and technique on poses, lecture- tested them- and they were done!
The day was actually very enjoyable because of the change in scenery, the breeze and being outside, but mostly because of the “go with the flow” attitude these ladies had!
Can’t thank my team enough for being so supportive and just doing what we had to do so that we can all share fitness to more people!
1) Realize you have a choice in how you handle your difficult situations. You can choose to be positive or you can choose to be negative
2) Realize that your difficult situation is all in how you perceive it
3) Be resourceful. Never give up or give in when faced with a challenge.
4) Have a sense of humor and learn to laugh at your situation or mistakes no matter how bad they are.
5) Don’t let the situation change you as person unless the change is positive. We all will find that difficult situations help us to grow as individuals. Don’t let the situation make you blame other people and harbor resentment or damage your self esteem.