How to Survive a Train Wreck

It's possible you haven't had a real bone-crushing train wreck yet. It's possible you might not have one in the next five years. It's also highly unlikely that you will go your entire life and never face a financial, health, or relational derailment. Most of the lessons I've learned about surviving train wrecks I learned the hard way - by making mistakes. I like to call these my "pre-success learning experiences."No person is immune from train wrecks, heartaches, or setbacks. Recovering from a train wreck is about making progress, the slow journey back to health. Just like physical therapy, the breakthroughs don't come all at once but in increments. You might take three steps forward and two steps back - which still leaves you one step ahead!When your wreck does happen, it won't mirror mine - and I've had more than one. How to Survive a Train Wreck includes lessons learned from my mother's death, shutting down two businesses, and dealing with toxic bosses. It also draws from nearly thirty years of working with people as a spiritual guide, professor, entrepreneur, counselor, and coach. What produces a champion in the boxing ring is the same thing that enables a single mom to regroup from a divorce and provide a good life for her children. It's not natural talent. It's not a lucky break. It's the mental resilience that enables a person to keep going in the midst of hard, difficult circumstances. Positive change happens when you correctly define reality, accept what you cannot change, and take responsibility for the areas of life you can influence. To have something you've never had will require you to do something you've never done. Don't just go through life - grow through life.