Last week we talked about why you get upset or dissatisfied with others, in The Reason You Got Into A Fight With…
This week I want to caution you, don’t let your temper get the best of you.
Yesterday, I was playing a game…did you know I play disc golf?
So, yesterday I was playing in a local disc golf mini-tournament, here in Arlington, and I had a great time. I got to spend the morning outside, with beautiful weather (60 F and sunny here in Texas), and there’s some good competition.
The tournament director split us into different groups, and I had never played with any of the guys on my card. That’s okay with me, I like meeting new people and having fun.
While I was having fun, not everyone was. There was one guy in my group that had a meltdown, let’s call him Molly Meltdown.
What I found most interesting was I saw it coming.
Now, I’ve seen guys get upset when they make mistakes, I once saw a guy kick his bag 15 feet after a bad throw and sprain his ankle, but he collected himself and moved on.
Yesterday, Molly Meltdown boiled over like a nuclear reactor. It started with one mistake, then another, then another and he never let anything go.
It kept building and building, 7 holes in he missed a putt, screamed out loud and spiked another disc directly into the ground out of frustration. The next hole he hit a tree on the drive and then missed an easy putt; and on the next hole his drive got stuck in a tree, which is a penalty stroke, and he said, “I quit!!!”, he gave up and walked off the course in the middle of a tournament.
This is the first time I have ever seen this happen.
I understand, it wasn’t his day, but the mistakes were not the problem, the problem was his ATTITUDE!
He expected to be perfect, he never let anything go, and it cost him his composure and decision making.
Don’t let this happen to you in business and in life, you cannot afford to be like Molly Meltdown.
You will not be perfect, you will make mistakes, your people will not be perfect, they will make mistakes, your customers will make mistakes and expect you to fix them, but you cannot lose your cool. You must keep it together and make good decisions.
When something goes against you, my best recommendations are:
1) Don’t react right away, take a moment and breathe
2) Let the little things go, you cannot let frustrations build up
3) Make the best decisions you can, based on your available information
Keep calm and do business.
Stay tuned next week as we continue to discuss the interesting world of spray foam insulation.
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