IF YOU ARE RIGHT, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, EVEN WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG

I like to be brutally honest about some things especially if it is about me because I want everyone to see that, even with the best laid plans sometimes it does not work out how you want it to work out. I have just opened last night one of our most important exhibitions for the year. It certainly did not go to plan and by the time we closed I was questioning all I did to promote the show and I had lots of questions?

I made a list of all I did and went over it and over it wondering what I could have done differently and in the end I decided what I did was right, so why didn't it work out the way I planed?

Simple answer.

Because sometimes things do not work out how you planned them to work out.

Was I wrong in how I promoted it, no.

Could I have done better, of course you can always see room for improvement with perfect 20/20 hindsight vision.

So what will I do?

That is a good question that I pondered over as I went through my morning rituals early this morning. I thought about everything that happened. Maybe it was because Manila is in election mode, there were lots of openings last night, there was an auction last night, the economy is slow, lots of reasons and excuse went through my mind to try and explain it but, really the answer is this, “ sometimes that's what happens and that happens some times and happens to everybody.” So I just need to get over it and move on and get better at what I do and be smarter.

I believe if you have done all you can do and you did the best you can do, then just accept it, like the farmer who looses his crop to a hail storm, that this stuff happens and happens to everybody so move on, I cannot fix what has happened but I can work harder and better to guard against it happening next time. I also know that I have no protection against the hail storm, that's what we call life, and life happens, when you expecting a different outcome and it can happen to everyone, I am not special and being singled out, no this is just life.

Now you can beat yourself up about it and get depressed about it but that does not alter the outcome, what I need to do is keep doing what I am doing and pray that there will be no hail storm next time.

Friends we always talk about the great success and I have been fortunate to have had more than my fair share, but every now and again things do not go to plan and that is when we see the real “me” how we respond to the situation or how we react to the situation. 

Reacting and getting upset will prove nothing only show you that you have areas in your personal life to work on. 

Responding to the situation will help strengthen you for the next time.

So what will be my plan of action?

I will start today as a brand new day and be better at what I do than I was yesterday.

What new thing can I learn, what book can I read that will teach me what I need to know, what video can I watch that will strengthen my weak points, I know even at my age I need to learn more, the world is changing so quickly and I need to change with it.

Am I disappointed yes, am I defeated, no far from it, I am motivated to do better.

Disappoints come, that's life, its how you respond to them that counts.

You can make them a reason to be defeated and depressed or you make them a reason to be better and make all the personal changes necessary to win next time.

Don't say life is unfair to you only because it is unfair to everyone, no one promised it would be fair, but you change and become a better person and the world will change with you and you have more successes than failure.

As I say to my staff, “ life is life, deal with it.”

So the moral of my story is, if you are right, keep doing what you are doing, even if it all goes wrong.