TAKING THE LEAD
What Now?
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Scott Humphrey CEO, WFCA
elcome to 2021. Like many of you, I willingly gave 2020 a swift kick out the door at 12:01 am on January 1. In fact, I don’t know that I have ever been so happy to see a year go and have an opportunity at a restart. It is safe to say that none of us expected the degree of challenges and turmoil that were forced upon us in the past year. How could we? Even the best of visionaries did not expect the degree of change we would be forced to navigate. Like many of you, each year, I prepare as best I can for what I believe lies ahead, and every year life throws us a few curves. Some we see in advance and are able to make adjustments, and some find us knocked down and struggling to get back up. For me and many others, 2020 was a “knocked down and struggling to get back up” kind of year. So, let me ask you a very simple question. What now? Your answer to that question will define your attitude and success in the future. There are many possible responses to that very simple question. Let’s evaluate a few of them:
Like many of 1. Some will lose because of lt. you, each year, My mind races back to the “Rocky” movies. I can’t recall how many times I prepare as through the numerous movies Rocky was down and managed to get back up. But best I can for everyone is not like Rocky. Some saw the past year as an ominous sign of things what I believe to come and said, “enough is enough.” I hope that is not you, but if it is, let me lies ahead, challenge you to get back in the ring. Maybe it will be a different “Ring,” or you will be playing a different role, but failure does not have to define you. Zig Ziglar and every year said it best, “Failure is an event. It is not a person.” In truth, success is almost life throws us impossible without failure. The lessons you have learned from your past can be the a few curves. springboard for your future. Learn from it. Some we see in advance and are 2. Some will live in it. able to make This sounds similar to those who toss in the towel, but it isn't. Those who “Live adjustments, in it” don’t quit. They move forward but remain haunted by the fear of what could and some find happen. They never truly shake the scars of the past. Instead, they wear them as an anchor in their psyche. Their fear of the past haunts every decision in their present us knocked and limits the potential success of their future. Let me remind you, as I have stated down and so many times before, “The past is a great place to learn, but a terrible place to live.” struggling to get 2020 has already had an impact on your life, but it can only impact you further if back up. you let it. 2 Premier Flooring Retailer | Digital 4 2020
