How to deal with stress melt down?

Last week I had a complete meltdown.

It started off with me feeling I wasn’t moving forward.

Which led to a few off days in a row.

To make up for this, I chose to work harder and push myself more.

But then in the space of about one day:

-I failed 7 practice motorcycle theory tests.

-The horse I was riding refused to do anything I asked him to.

-I received a couple harsh rejection messages on Linkedin.

-And had one of my worst days this year at the gym.

Eventually I just broke down.

It felt like I was in a hole… and the more I tried to dig myself out, the deeper it got.

I knew I should slow down but it felt completely counterintuitive.

If I slowed down, then surely I would just get even more behind?

Well turns out, that couldn’t have been further from the truth.

I decided to take a break and after a couple of days off already,

I started to see all my problems differently.

By taking a step back and getting a helicopter view of my situation,

I was able to elevate my thinking and start seeing solutions and opportunities.

My failures became learning, my rejections became redirections.

And within a few days of being back, I’d made more progress than in the weeks before my meltdown.

This is the true power of slowing down to speed up.

Einstein once said: “You can’t solve a problem at the same level of thinking that created it”.

Slowing down allows us to take a step back, elevate our thinking and solve problems faster.

So next time you want things to go faster, maybe you should try to slow down 😉

What about you? Have you ever experienced the benefits of slowing down?

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