So yesterday I had a crazy day. It was one of those days where I was better used to not be at work - rather than being there. We have been pushing really hard here at Theory lately…. Well I should preface that with - we have been going crazy here non-stop since November - had a little bit of a stop around Christmas - then back at it really hard in January. Since then we have not had a lot of time to sit back and just re-group and take it all in. No time to just detox from the madness to plan and organize. It’s literally been non-stop. Crazy hours from early morning to many times very late at night and even some all nighters through the night into the weekend - not to mention the crazy travel schedule and working weekends.
The pressure ads up and something has to give. Well, it was me yesterday. I had too much and was pushed too far. I did not handle myself the right way yesterday. After my meltdown, I knew where I was wrong and knew that I had to go back to one of my best employees at Theory and ask for forgiveness. He was gracious enough to do so - and to help teach me along the way. I am very thankful for him handling me with such grace and compassion.
I posted on my Facebook page - facebook.com/andywilliamson last night that I got an F for the day. And that was a very true statement. Didn’t know that I would have comments on the post and even some private messages and emails back on it. Made me step back and think of how lucky I am to have wonderful people around me that care for me and want the best for me. It made me take a step back and smile.
The moral of this whole post is this. We have off days. We get pushed and at times are at wits end. The question is what are we going to do about it - and how are we going to react when it all goes down. I totally failed yesterday in my reaction and actions to a project that was not going the way I felt it should have been. But I had a chance to go back and ask for forgiveness on it - and most of all I have a chance to learn from my failure and turn it around to be a success in the future when something like this happens again, which will probably be here sometime this afternoon….
Sigh……… I can’t win!
OK - On with the day. I am an overcomer and will learn through all things and adversities!
Hope you guys have a great one today - remember - it’s not the problem or adversity that people will look at - it’s how you react and handle it.
Something I am working on personally to get better at!
