In fact it was something we experienced during our round-the-world adventures last year when we got “stuck” in Bordeaux airport (on our way to Madrid) for 14 hours!
The flight was cancelled due to technical issues and of course not surprisingly most people’s reactions (including our kids) was annoyance.
And to be honest once upon a time, so would have mine been.
But the almost decade long personal development journey I’ve been on leading up to this round the world journey changed this – how?
In this situation at the airport, we discussed with our kids about looking for the ‘silver lining’.
After reassuring them it was okay to really feel frustrated and disappointed, we then discussed how to move through this by making it into a game. We asked the kids to come up with as many positives as they could (they’re fairly competitive so quickly got into the spirit of trying to outdo each other and us!)
As a result, the kids independently noticed that our moods all noticeably lifted, particularly in stark comparison to the plane load of people around us.
Of course their major positive (other than we were all happy they hadn’t found the technical difficulties mid-flight) was that we all got the opportunity to just “sit” from the busyness of traveling and spend time “chilling” on devices or otherwise…
Each of the steps I took in 5 Steps to Ignite Your SPARK are not difficult, the challenge is to continue to employ the habits and practice using the tools which are potentially new and / or different to our “usual modus operandi”.
What are you doing to Rebound with RESILIENCE?
I have had (and still do have) so many people supporting me on my journey of self-development, I’d love to help you on yours. Whenever you’re ready, here are a few ways I can support you:
5 Steps to Ignite Your SPARK – download my ebook and find out how you can re-ignite your life, just like I did!
Take the High Performance Quiz – to understand if you’re ready to go to the next level and live a life full of engagement, joy and confidence 🙂
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