He practised medicine as a medical doctor but later discovered his heart was in communication. When he went through a self-discovery inventory, he discovered he has passion for Public Relations. He was determined to find happiness at whatever cost.
After several enquiries, he enrolled for and passed the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations examinations, registered a communication consulting outfit and was ready to get started.
Another very cardinal factor he put in place was to ensure that he got the buy in of mentors to help him make a success of his new venture.
He became a voracious reader and within a short time was able to get good clients and quickly started an events company too. He promoted one of his PR staff and transferred her head the events company.
At the time, they had only a client for the events subsidiary. The client had an event, the medical doctor turned PR expert came as the group MD to the event, only he discovered to his dismay that his staff had registered her own company and taken over the only client.
He has been betrayed, it was shocking, it was painful. It was devastating. I am sure you are keen to know how he handled the disappointment.
How would you have handled it, if it happened to you? No one wants to experience any form of disappointment, but if you are disappointed, how will you handle it? Most people handle disappointment wrongly, some even lose their sanity because someone they truly trusted disappointed them.
Permit me to share with you, some practical ways to deal with disappointment positively and successfully.
Firstly, you must understand that it’s okay to feel bad but not healthy to feel bad for a long time. The advice is feel bad for a limited time. Anyone can get you disappointed and it is usually very painful but please don’t allow the disappointment take too much time. The simple way of achieving this is let it out. Discuss with positive and solution-prone friends and family.
Secondly, find out why it was not prevented. Was there a management lapse that the staff took advantage of? Would it be legal for instance to bind the staff legally? What would have prevented such a thing from happening? Brainstorm, think out loud with professionals, lawyers etc. if you don’t do this, you may eventually keep repeating same mistake over and over again. It is therefore necessary to find out what gave room to the disappointment. Make whatever you discover your learning curve, such that you won’t repeat it ever again.
Thirdly, put the issues in proper perspective. The deed has been done, the lessons learnt and now life has to continue. What if in the cited case it was the client that left, the staff is still left with salaries to be paid, what if God is removing the bad eggs before the organisation gets big so such disloyal people won’t be around your life and business. What if it is to teach a lesson that will make such things not to happen in the future? If the disappointment is put in the right perspective, it will make it easy to get on with your lives.
Fourthly, create bigger goals. Create goals that will stretch you and keep you really busy. Goals that will make you focus on the future rather than on the disappointment. Keep yourself busy with goals.
The medical doctor turned PR expert didn’t give up, although he really felt disappointed and let down. He resolved to become one of the top ten PR companies in the country. He achieved his goal. We didn’t hear of the events company of the disloyal staff. But his resolution to become very successful paid off. Please create stretching goals.
Always remember that with every adversity is a seed of greatness, find the seed of greatness like the doctor did. If you use this guide correctly, you will always emerge a champion over disappointing situations and people. Your will succeed!
Yemi Adetayo, a Success Strategist and Leadership Expert. He can be reached at: counseloryemi@gmail.com
Contact: 08104948237
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