{"id":3846,"date":"2016-03-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risingtidesociety.com\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2022-08-14T06:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:43:40","slug":"how-to-rise-above-discouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/how-to-rise-above-discouragement","title":{"rendered":"How to Rise Above Discouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3850\" src=\"https:\/\/hbbadmin.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/facebook_cover-4.jpg\" alt=\"How to Rise Above Discouragement | via the Rising Tide Society\" width=\"1600\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/facebook_cover-4.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/facebook_cover-4-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/facebook_cover-4-1024x396.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/facebook_cover-4-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/facebook_cover-4-1536x593.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lauranovakm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lauranovakm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we first start out as an entrepreneur, life is so exciting! We\u2019re pursuing our passion and have the opportunity to fulfill our through purpose and intention. Yet, many times, in the midst of happily pursuing our dreams\u2026 suddenly something goes wrong. We make a mistake, encounter opposition, or a face a challenge that makes us question whether or not we were supposed to be doing this in the first place.\u00a0 When this happens we can so get frustrated and become overwhelmed with discouragement.<\/p>\n<p>After fifteen years in business I\u2019m come to learn that mistakes are to be expected and always produces the greatest lessons.\u00a0 We can try to avoid trials and tribulations by taking best practices from those who have forged ahead of us, but it&#8217;s our own personal journey to fulfilling our hearts&#8217; desires that often creates a unique path.\u00a0 For that reason, there&#8217;s almost no way to completely avoid the idea of a blunder!\u00a0 It&#8217;s simply going to happen.\u00a0 So when it does take place how do you push forward out of that place of discouragement and produce an even more positive outcome?<\/p>\n<p>Here are three steps to rise above discouragement:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3853\" style=\"width: 1400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3853\" src=\"https:\/\/hbbadmin.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-07_0002.jpg\" alt=\"How to Rise Above Discouragement | via the Rising Tide Society\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-07_0002.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-07_0002-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-07_0002-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-07_0002-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-07_0002-1157x1536.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Krista Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Step one: Self-reflect<\/h2>\n<p>The first step is to simply figure out we could have improved. It&#8217;s important to think about how we can learn from the situation, setting aside all of our emotions and frustrations around what happened, why it happened, and how to remove any temptation to blame others.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite method of self reflection is the traditional five step daily examine, an Ignatian Spiritual prayer. St. Ignatius practiced this everyday, and it&#8217;s designed to encourage the habit of becoming aware of God&#8217;s presence in your daily life.\u00a0 He first calls us to first review our day with gratitude, and to be thankful of what&#8217;s already going well.\u00a0 Then you choose one shortcoming from the day to focus on and pray for God to show you more about yourself through it.\u00a0 Your method might be to take a yoga class, talk to an unbiased friend, journal or meditate.<\/p>\n<p>During this period of self-reflection, it\u2019s important to be aware of the transitory nature of emotions. Understand that they don\u2019t always lead us to the truth of a situation. Let\u2019s say your challenge of the day was a disappointed customer. Your emotions may whisper to you, \u201cWell, if she\u2019s not happy, then no one will be happy.\u201d Those are just emotions obviously, not a fact! The one fact from the day is that you experienced an unhappy customer. Maybe there\u2019s something you could&#8217;ve done to prevent it. Or there\u2019s something you can do to fix it. Honest, fact-based self-reflection helps us learn how to grow from the challenges we face.<\/p>\n<h2>Step Two: Practice grace<\/h2>\n<p>The second step is to offer yourself the gift of grace. I like to think of grace as the kindest support you\u2019d offer a dear friend in need.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say a friend came to you and said, &#8220;I have this unhappy customer and I can\u2019t stop thinking about it.&#8221; You would probably say, &#8220;But you do such great work! Think about all of your happy customers! Besides, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Try to not beat yourself up over it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The practice of grace helps us form a habit of self-forgiveness. This fuels us with the power to move beyond obstacles, gently and with kindness. Grace is divine encouragement in action. Once you have identified opportunity for growth through self-reflection, and given yourself the grace to move on, you\u2019re ready for your third and final step of showing humility.<\/p>\n<h2>Step Three: Show humility<\/h2>\n<p>Showing humility allows us to discover an even deeper sense of purpose from our work. This could be as simple as saying to an unhappy customer, &#8220;Hey, I messed up here and I really could&#8217;ve done better for you. This is how I\u2019d like to fix it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re managing a large team within an organization like I do, it&#8217;s humbling and healing to say, &#8220;I made this call as a leader and in retrospect, I would have approached it differently. I\u2019d like to share what I&#8217;ve learned from it and move forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Being vulnerable and \u201cowning\u201d your mistakes is a powerful approach that can generate respect and produce a surprising amount of freedom on your entrepreneurial path.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes your mistake might be a poor reaction to someone else\u2019s mistake. One time, I managed a team member who constantly missed deadlines. As a result, I scrambled to make up for the work she missed. We would have tense, blame-filled conversations\u2026and then the cycle would happen again. Over time, it started affecting other team members, only compounding my frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>One day I decided to approach it differently, starting with my own shortcomings. I scheduled a meeting and said, \u201cI have to talk to you about something really uncomfortable for me.\u201d I watched her cringe in defensiveness\u2026but this time I went in a different direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done a huge disservice. Over the years, when you would miss a deadline, I\u2019d scramble to make up for it. I did this because I hated the tension between us. But now, I see it affecting other people. I\u2019ve realized I\u2019ve set a terrible example for you and this organization. So moving forward, I have to keep you accountable for the deadlines. If that\u2019s not possible, I respect you as a person\u2026but I can\u2019t continue to have you on my team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By first examining my heart to see where I could have done better and then forgiving myself, I was able to have an open, honest conversation about setting a different example moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Being a creative entrepreneur of a small company doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ll avoid mistakes or difficult conversations, but if we pursue where we could&#8217;ve been done better with an open heart and mind, we improve on many levels, not just professionally but spiritually. We learn to forgive others as well as ourselves. We practice grace and embrace mistakes instead of beating ourselves up.<\/p>\n<p>Many times we enter into entrepreneurship with dreams of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/hbbadmin.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/business-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"growing a business\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">growing a business<\/a>, and instead it grows us.\u00a0 By being open to what where we could have done better, learning to forgive and let go, and owning our part, we develop a foundation of wisdom and personal growth through experience.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last fifteen years I\u2019ve learned that business ownership can provide the greatest joys and sense of purpose, and at the same time the most challenging moments of deep discouragement and overwhelm.\u00a0 I started this blog to share some of the stories I\u2019ve experienced on this journey, as well as the wisdom of others, to open up a conversation of encouragement and support.<\/p>\n<p>Doing what you love means that we are living out our purpose using our God-given gifts and talents for a greater good.\u00a0 Our love for the work we do and the mission behind it fuels our desire to get started and to keep going!\u00a0 You know you are doing what you love when you just can\u2019t picture yourself doing anything else.\u00a0 By aligning our personal values with the work we do, we create a wonderful sense of joy and intention with every day.<\/p>\n<p>Loving what you do is about living out this passion through the day to day trials of business ownership by sharpening our intuition skills.\u00a0 By surfing the ups and downs while being committed to our purpose regardless of the outcome, we experience immense happiness!\u00a0 But loving what we do in the long haul takes intention, discipline and habit.\u00a0 Over time I\u2019ve learned that habit builds character and character builds intuition, giving us sustainable joy in our work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After fifteen years in business I\u2019m come to learn that mistakes are to be expected and always produces the greatest lessons.  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