During this website project, it’s interesting to see how different people cope with stress and how their day-to-day personalities are challenged in a highly stressful environment.
I love analogies and often come up with oddball analogies to illustrate my point. In this instance I’m going to turn to sports, specifically soccer (my fave). If your team is playing with one or two men short then what do you do? The clock is ticking, and you need to win. You can’t start finding someone to blame. You can’t declare “we’ll never win” while your opponents are running past you. You can’t get fixated on a little hole in the middle of the field that might be hazardous. You can’t wait for the perfect pass in order to get something going. Get open. Run hard. Stick to the plan. If you can survive the difficult game as a team then you can look at your game plan for the next one.
My parents didn’t raise whiners.