108 So you had a bad day….

Reinventure Me

So you’ve had a bad day. Yuck. This episode is your survival and revival guide to a bad day.

This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Soren Kierkegaard:

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

In this episode, Leary and Armin discuss those bad day blues and how to keep a bad day from getting worse. They suggest taking five steps:

1. Express. Acknowledge what’s happened by talking it out with a good listener; or journal about it. What’s your blocked goal?
2. Lesson. Find what the situation might teach you.
3. Reframe. Identify and reframe your expectations.
4. Protect. Protect your most important relationships from a bad-day spillover.
5. Redeem. Determine what steps you can take to redeem a bad day.

Quotes from the show:

• “A bad day can affect your mindset about every single aspect of life.” —Armin Assadi
• “Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.” —Lily Tomlin
• “Embrace your bad day as an experience rather than something that is wrong with you.” —Armin Assadi
• “The key is to understand, ‘What was my blocked goal? What was the thing that I couldn’t control?'” —Leary Gates
• “It’s important to be prepared to say, ‘If I have a bad day, this is how I’m going to respond.'” —Armin Assadi
• “When I have a bad day, I like to ask, ‘Will I remember this day a year from now?'” —Leary Gates
• “No one deserves a good day every day.” —Leary Gates

This week’s Challenge Me:

If you’re having a bad day, identify what your blocked goal was? How can you reframe it?

What do you think of this topic and episode? Share your comments or questions below.

Resources mentioned in or related to this podcast:

• The job cleanse: 5 strategies for detoxifying form your former employer, Episode 3 of the Reinventure Me podcast.