During a lunch and learn hosted by Columbus Young Professionals Dr. Mike Thomson shared ways to save your sanity. These are my notes.
Dr. Mike starts out by pointing out that everyone needs to operate just like they are self-employed. You should have a sales department, a Marketing group, a Research and Development division, a production center, and most of all a quality control unit. Once you recognize the need for each of these areas then you can start to live.
Ways to Save your Sanity:
1. The only people without problems are dead.Keep in mind that 80% of people have a JOB (just over broke) and then the remaining 20% are thinking differently.Also you should notice that the Hearse never has a U-Haul following behind it.
2. The world is filled with a boatload of jerks
Dr. Mike shares how happy he is that these jerks are around. You see this gives you and I some advantages. The jerks are a great example. Yeah, and example of what not to be. Just watch them and then do the opposite.
3. In a tornado, even a turkey can fly.You are never stuck unless you decide that there is no way out.Beware the "Yeah, but ____ disease."You are not depressed, you are depressing.Spend only two minutes on a problem, then begin working to solve it.The five ways to Save your Sanity:
The very contagious disease: Optimal Rectitus - otherwise known as having a crappy outlook
Good character is making good choices when no one else is watching.
Lures: Things people throw out to displace responsibility. Spit them out, it is up to you to take do everything you had control over. If other people choose not to accept their responsibility it does not automatically become yours to fix.