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Sometimes things happen that are outside of your control. Your girlfriend decides that she needs to move back home and long distance is not an option, so you have to break up. You are a top performer at a company and the company needs to cut costs and you are suddenly let go without warning. Or maybe you have a sudden death in the family and you need to drop everything in your life to manage it.
All of the above has happened to me and each time it has happened, I have learned something new about myself and how I deal with the curveball. Here are the ten things I do when life throws me a curveball — and I know these things will help anyone facing the same situation in their lives.
Laugh it off
I like to think that I’m a fairly jovial guy. In fact, I probably joke around too much which isn’t good. One of the things that I like to do is to laugh in the face of terrible challenges (though I wouldn’t advise doing this publicly or with people that don’t understand your humour). I have been in several situations at work where things seem really terrible. You are working late, the deadline is soon, it’s the 11th hour and then something happens like your boss says that a completely new direction needs to be taken with a business case. In these situations, I cannot help but laugh it off. Laughing brings in more…
