Hi, everybody, Charlie Hauck, Growth Dynamics President, Lead trainer, Troublemaker, you know all that stuff. I've been traveling a lot. I've been traveling a lot this summer when it's been really hot and really wet. I live here on the East Coast and my travel tends to get patterns because I have clients in different places, over extended periods of time.
There's an idea that became so essential to me right now, as I deal with travel, getting from one place to another, staying on schedule, keeping my commitments where they need to be, and all of that stuff, particularly with the floods, temperatures, and the madness that weather and climate change seems to have pushed at us this year.
I wanted to take a couple minutes and remind everybody not to worry about what you can't control. Look, I've had a bunch of flights canceled. I've had to go to plan B and in some cases plan C to get from one point to another, because, frankly, I can't control the weather and I can't control the airlines. I can't control whether they give me a ticket or change my ticket or charge me for a ticket. I can't control any of that stuff, so I can't waste any time worrying about it, being upset about it, or trying to blame someone for something that they can't control either.
So, look, we have a second home in Vermont. If any of you have seen the weather and the flood reports from up there, our local community has been all but devastated. The capital in Montpelier, under water. It's going to rain again there this next couple of days. I have clients and great friends in Texas and it's 106 degrees there, and I've got clients in different parts of the country all dealing with their version of worrying about things they can't control. Let it go. Don't burn your energy on it.
Don't be angry at people that can't control the things you can't control. Nobody's doing it to you on purpose. Everybody's trying to do their best. Think of your fellow man. Think of your mental and emotional health and be as positive and as energized as you can be and see if that doesn't make a difference for you.
One quick experience - I was just in San Francisco. I wanted to see the last weekend of Dead and Company. We were there and San Francisco has gotten a bad rap all over the place, politicians are throwing rocks. I have to tell you, everybody we encountered in San Francisco over the last five days was generous, giving, grateful to have us there, as helpful as they could be, as polite and welcoming as anyone you'd ever want to meet. And if the misery is as bad as everybody wants to tell you, what are they doing about it? They're doing their part to stay positive and put a bright face on something that might not be great. Yes, there were problems. Yes, they were obvious. But overall, San Francisco was a great place to visit and a great place to spend time. We didn't worry about it because we couldn't control the things we couldn't control.
Take my advice. Please go out and enjoy life and don't get all frustrated about things that really aren't worth your frustration, your time, effort and energy and make the best out of everything you can. Say something nice, do something polite, pass it forward, do a random act of kindness, and make the world a better place.
Take care of everybody.
