Sunday, February 11, 2018

TRAFFIC JAM MOTIVATION

The other day I spent 1 hour and 46 minutes stuck in traffic on the Staten island expressway with my 3year old daughter. Trying desperately to get to the Verazzano bridge. Please note that what should be a 10 minute commute under normal circumstances, turned into a horrible start to my day.

This ordeal taught me a few lessons that I found to be very applicable to my quest for greatness.

1. Highway service lane: There are no short cuts to success. Instead of taking the major highway, I decided to take a shortcut by staying on the service lane, thinking it would be quicker. That turned into a disaster. The highway moved much quicker than the service lane did. But the lesson that I learned was that in our quest for growth and greatness, taking a short cut will end up detrimental or disastrous. It's best to stay on the right path.

2. Highway Billboard: While driving I happened to zone in on a billboard advertisement which read "High rise, fire and security". I would like to rephrase that Rise High, fire vs security. In other words at times, for us to rise high, we have to leave the security aka our comfort zone and accept or go through fire or very trying situations. Success never comes easy.

3. The HOV Lane: Take others with you. In order for me to jump into the HOV lane, I needed to have two other people in the car with me. In life in order to gain a level of success, we have to take others with us. Partnerships and mentorship are essential to our growth.

Regardless of the circumstances you find yourself in, zone in on the little nuggets that can bring lots of motivation. They are all around us, even while stuck in traffic on the highway.

One Love
Danni


4 comments:

  1. This was a great read,obstacles can be quite rewarding!

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  2. Hi Danni, thanks for the invite to your page,life really do offer little opportunities to reflect and what is equally noble is being able to recognize value and intricate lessons.

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  3. Love the twist of seeing the good in what would be a frustrating situation

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  4. In life, obstacles are there to help us to slow down and recalculate our journey. There is no straight or smooth road on the path to success. Sometimes there must be obstacles ahead to force us to remove our horse blinders and realize that sometimes we have to take detours to reach our destination.

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