BAD (Begin Again Differently). Claudette Yarbrough

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      It was interesting for me to read about his back problems. It appears that the year before he won the 2019 Master’s, he had a third back surgery that he thought, along with many sports authorities, would end his career. There are some video clips of famous sports writers and anchors proclaiming that Tiger Woods’ best days were gone and that he would never win again. These clips were shown over and over again after Tiger won the 2019 Masters as proof of what?

      I believe Tiger’s come back was due to him deciding not to give up, but to begin again. While he was already a wealthy man, and he was never in danger of losing his wealth, he lost a lot of credibility and his entire career upon which he had built his life. He was declared a has-been. In the life of someone famous, to be declared a has-been is probably one of the worst monikers that one can be tagged with, as it means one’s career is over. A lot of the time, people forget how great one was when he or she was legitimately great because he or she is now a has-been. With one win, Tiger changed the course of his legacy, and his career is now back on. Now, Tiger is projected to break more records by winning more tournaments, and he is back in the winner’s circle.

      Now, I am not suggesting that I am like Tiger. But I do believe Tiger is like all of us who have experienced loss. He had choices to make about giving up or continuing to pursue his dreams. We have the same choices Tiger had.

      When I lost my biggest contract ever, about twenty other entities in my industry lost their contracts, too. Yet I am the only entity still standing after the loss. Did they not try to begin again? What did I do differently that they did not do to restart our company so that we were once again striving? Why didn’t my nonprofit close or go away like them? While I do not know everything about their businesses or what caused them to close when they lost their contracts, I do know that our company did something different by being willing to begin again differently. One of the reasons I do not know the specifics regarding why the business like mine went away is because it is difficult to talk to others about your loss, especially when you are going through your loss. Let’s be real—it is a difficult conversation to have with anyone.

      When you realize this, you get to decide how to utilize that change and whether you do or don’t want a do-over.

      You may or may not have already done a post-mortem on your failure. A post-mortem, I learned through going to a business workshop, is where you look at a project after it’s all over and decide what could have been done differently, what could have worked better, or what the results could have been had you changed some aspect of your program. If you have done a post-mortem, then you may be acutely aware of what happened to cause your loss, and you may be already charting a new course for a new business or a do-over of your current business. If you have not yet looked at what caused the failure, it may be important for you to stop once you can be objective and complete a review of what led to your loss.

      While I think that it is definitely important at some point in the process of beginning again to know what led to the loss, I don’t believe you have to figure out all of the nuances associated with what caused the loss if the information is not readily reviewable by you. Yes, it is important to know what happened as you do not ever want the loss to happen again; however, I am confident that you will want to reflect on some other aspects of beginning again as well.

      This is what I now know about failing and losing. We all do it in some ways, hours, days, weeks, months, and years of our lives, and we rarely die from failing and losing. Failure is not fatal, nor is it final. We get to decide how we will deal with succeeding after failing because it is possible to come out on the other side better than you were before. It is a choice that you can make.

      This book includes three parts. Part One includes three chapters that focus on examples of losses. Chapter 2 is my personal loss story, and Chapter 3 is an overview of how to begin again after a loss.

      Part Two includes the seven chapters on the 7 Smart Process I learned to use after my loss to begin again differently. I believe these smart processes will work for anyone who wants to begin again to win again. At the end of each chapter, there is a BAD: Begin Again Differently thought or activity which will help illustrate some possible next steps in your journey towards winning again.

      Part Three includes Chapter 11, with a focus on overcoming any obstacles that you believe may hinder you from continuing your work toward winning after a loss. And Chapter 12 is the obvious conclusion to the book, but not to your story, as you will make a decision to continue working toward a win.

      Begin Again Differently (BAD) Thought Chapter #1:

      Did you answer the question posed by this chapter? Write down your thoughts as to why this is or is not a description of you.

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