THRIVE VS. SURVIVE MINDSET

from "The Distillery Channel Journal" November 2020 Issue | Vol.8

5 WAYS TO OVERCOME OVEREATING DURING HOLIDAY

Thrive vs. Survive Mindset ‘Battling the Pandemic’ Written By: AJ McAdam

We are now, as a planet, for the first time in our history, faced with a challenge unprecedented by most of us alive today, especially the younger generations. This pandemic we are all facing has affected us in many different ways, some much worse than others. I want to be sensitive to those who have lost family and their livelihoods. There has been a lot of loss and there will be more. Regardless, we are still faced with a choice of how to react. How does anyone deal with such a difficult time?

There are no right answers because our situations are all unique, but instead we can take a stand with our mindset and our actions.

Unfortunately, there are those out there, a lot of them, who when asked how they are coping through this time, generally say something like, … “Well, we are surviving somehow”.

Now to most, this might sound pretty positive, but buried in this answer is a mindset of someone who is acting like a victim, someone who blames their circumstances solely on the things around them that they feel they don’t control. They don’t realize that this mentality is negative at all.

This time we are all experiencing is not easy, pushing many of us to our limits, but we can still break the learned behaviors that harm us and are unhealthy by taking on a “Thrive” mentality. Thriving and being positive doesn’t mean you have become an idealistic, super bubbly person, just wishing your troubles away, but rather choosing to look for the good in life and sharing that energy and emotions with others.

“The Key to Successful Leadership is Influence, Not Authority.” -Kenneth Blanchard

So just maybe, instead of following the easier path and pushing blame on the pandemic, we could take on a “thriving” leadership type role. Be the type of person who stops the trend, turns negative into positive, and doesn’t let the behaviors of others impact their lives. Be the one who passes on effective, good habits that strengthen and build others in positive ways.

Let’s choose to build, choose to create, and choose to lift up those around us. Let’s choose to believe in ourselves and do the right thing. Thrive versus Survive, which do you choose?

We all have a choice to make. Life is not about what happens to us along our journey, it’s how we react to those things! Could we all react a little better? Could we all do something to help move this world forward versus trying to pull it down?

There is a fundamental difference between those who get knocked down and stay down, versus those who get back up. Which do you choose to be?

If the human spirit and will power to drive us forward will not be squashed, then this time in history can be seen in a different light for the generations yet to come.