“Inner peace is accomplished by understanding and accepting the inevitable contradictions of life – the pain and pleasure, success and failure, joy and sorrow, births, and deaths. Problems can teach us to be gracious, humble, and patient” Richard Carlson. So, Dear Readers, what has 2020 taught you so far? Is there any silver lining, or is it all chaos? Is it even possible to find success when your industry is in free fall?
Fear not, Dearest Readers, this blog is here to provide actional tips to help you find a groove despite what has been, without a doubt, a tumultuous year so far!
Welcome, Dear Readers, and thanks for stopping by the JMS blog! The JMS team is back with valuable insights that will inspire you to be fearless in the pursuit of your dreams. FYI, JMS is a consulting firm located in Philadelphia that advises people and organizations on how to manage crises with efficiency. To that end, the JMS team is in the business of designing recovery plans as robust as possible that avoid behavioral and financial paralysis.
Therefore, Dear Readers, this blog will help you make sense of these unprecedented times without feeling devoid of motivation and utterly defeated.
You got this, Dear Readers, and don’t you ever forget it!
While November ushered in lockdown adjacent restriction yet again, many Americans have to get back to working from home and still manage to nail work-related year-end objectives!! For that reason, this blog began the deep dive in the best mindsets that can help you, Dear Readers, not only survive lockdown 2.0 but also be as productive as possible and end FY2020 with the best performance despite what is going on in the world.
Today’s publication builds on the concept of pendulum swing examined last week that you should be ditching right this moment to find the strength to push forward and perform at the level you’ve always been able to so far in your career. As it turns out, Dearest Readers, the last thing you have time for when all hell breaks loose is to waste time letting your mood oscillate from one extreme to the other. How do you expect to have the mental fortitude to manage an unprecedented crisis such as the unimaginable lockdown-related restrictions imposed on your industry if you waste time chasing a miraculous yet improbable solution to your current predicament?
For instance, would it make sense for the executive director of a nonprofit to waste energy putting together a Christmas fundraising gala as a way to drum up support when donations are plummeting since a record number of Americans are losing jobs due to the global pandemic? Should a development director use the holiday season to usher in the inevitable yet well-orchestrated year-end appeal campaign when more and more Americans are going hungry? Dear Readers, do you see how the mood of both directors would oscillate from sheer panic to utter depression because they are wasting time chasing improbable solutions to the real problem of diminishing revenue?
In times of crisis, the JMS team believes that the most ineffective use of your time is to engage in mental games that send your mind in a never-ending wild goose chase of a miraculous yet unlikely solution.
This year, due to the coronavirus, a record number of Americans are in crisis, and therefore, we all must do our part to keep our spirits up and encourage each other! Indeed, besides nonprofits, JMS has helped a slew of battered economic actors that are fighting to stay alive such as small business owners and the hospitality industry as a whole. By the way, Dear Readers, feel free to email us at jms@branding24seven.com if you need strategic solutions to help your brand survive this lockdown version 2.0. Also, check out this COVID-19 survival guide for nonprofits if you are wrestling with uncontrollable mood swings due to the anemic donations that do not match a skyrocketing demand for your services.
OK, Dear Readers, let’s get back to the pendulum swing examined last week that you must remedy if you want to have some sense of peace of mind during this lockdown version 2.0.
Consequently, the second mindset for success in lockdown is to accept the finality and fragility of life with clarity and honesty.
Dearest Readers, this blog knows that you are anxious, scared, and upset with the current state of affairs all things concerning COVID-19. Many Americans have blamed President Trump for his management of the coronavirus. But most Americans are tired of the continuous media coverage of the global pandemic. These outside distractions contribute to the wild mood swings you are experiencing yet must resist engaging in as they are destructive to your soul and mental health.
As frightening as 2020 has been, Dearest Readers, it has provided a forced pause in your life to reevaluate the choices you have made so far as well as the future you want for yourself and your loved ones. Therefore, lockdown 2.0 is the best opportunity to take the time to understand yourself and discover what living in the extreme loos like to you (it looks different to everyone as humans have different strengths, weaknesses, trigger points, and tolerance levels).
Armed with this new understanding of self, you can now face the finality and fragility of life with confidence.
Not because unexpected changes such as the loss of loved ones are ever acceptable, Dearest Readers, but because such jarring experiences become more easily survivable. Let’s take a moment to think this through, shall we? Accepting the finality and fragility of life with confidence essentially means that you no longer have wild mood swings since you have a more accurate understanding of your limits and trigger points. In other words, Dear Readers, you are to assess more accurately what works for you, especially in times of crisis. Thus, this second mindset for success in lockdown will help you discover the middle path that should lead you to the meaningful and purposeful life you deeply crave (essential a better version of yourself).
Remember, Dearest Readers, that success does not depend on how much money you have in the bank. Furthermore, productivity is not about the endless pursuit of the side hustle that will make you a millionaire in an instant. In reality, success and productivity are metrics to help you evaluate the quality of life you want to achieve. So, Dearest Readers, the mindset of success in lockdown is your roadmap to the purposeful, more peaceful, and balanced life of your dreams, yes, even in this global pandemic!
Final thoughts.
There you have it, Dear Readers! Thank you for taking the time to stop by the blog today. As always, we want to hear from you! Are you doing better this time around than during the first lockdown? What did you do to protect your mental health and avoid wild mood swings? How did you discover your middle path to become a better version of yourself? Did you find today’s publication helpful? This blog wants to see you do well even though 2020 has been such a wild year! Please share this post on Facebook and LinkedIn with your friends and anyone who might be struggling to see how to move forward. Comments are always welcomed below or by email at jms@branding24seven.com. Don’t be afraid to email questions or follow up topics you would like to see this blog examine further.
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Let’s finally get our lives together and be successful even in this lockdown 2.0, shall we? Keep fighting the good fight, Dear Readers, and come back weekly for more doses of inspiration!
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