About This Talk
Chris sees every struggle of consequence as handcrafted for us to learn from, so we don’t have to cover the same ground twice. He walks through how to turn a hard experience into a learning moment, and asks listeners to step out of the emotion long enough to find the lesson. The goal is to thrive next time, not just survive.
Key Ideas
- Extricate yourself from the event so you can look down on it rather than stay inside it.
- Study what happened almost forensically, asking what you want to learn for the next time something similar comes up.
- We miss the teaching if we stay stuck in the emotion; stepping back is where the wisdom comes from.
“The whole reason why you had a struggle was to be a teaching moment for you.”
February 5, 2024 - Mindful Monday presented by Chris Masiello, President and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate