In good times, smooth days, when everything rolls according to plan, that’s fantastic.
It is only when times get tough, hard and unexpected things happen, is when we either rise to the occasion or fall and crumble.
How do we then prepare for times of crisis?
I run many online and offline events and I’ve seen good days and days where things could go possibly wrong and many times what I’ve learned is that we have to prepare for everything that could go wrong vs things that could go right.
Today was that very day, one of my online events had a meltdown. But I’ve visualized this meltdown for the longest time and when it happened, I was definitely terrified for about 1 minute before I started to come up with a plan to mitigate the problem, rallying the team around and recovering, coming up with action steps to reduce the problems.
My biggest takeaway is that it’s not about preparing for what’s right, it’s about massively preparing for what could go wrong and when that day happens, we are ready to rise and overcome adversity without having to panic.
This post coming fresh from an online event that I’m doing now.
On another personal note, my family has been down unwell. On these occasions I try everything to mitigate and recover as the man of the family, while that’s working, the rest are down and the world continues to spin regardless.
In times like these, a friend messaged me and said, these times will pass.
Comforting words? Perhaps. Reality is such, that some things can be solved immediately but some things will take time and will eventually pass.