Lately, I’ve been thinking about this idea of staying centered in the midst of chaos. As a Father to a 20 Month Old baby boy, Husband, Business Owner, Basketball Skills Trainer, Athlete, there’s only so many hours in the day for me to be able to accomplish my dreams, goals and ambitions. Also, as a type A obsessive, overachiever I tend to want and need to be able to achieve all if not the majority of goals that I set out for myself. For example, I’ve recently been focusing all of my focus, energy and time on my Basketball Skills Training business called Invincilete Basketball Academy. If you took a look at my Google Calendar you would see that my day is pretty much filled up in blocks on 1 hour sessions with either one on one training or group training. This exhausting schedule has left little time for me to pursue my other goals and passions. Prime example is this blog. As you may have noticed, I have not written in nearly 2 and half months. That’s in large part due to my new business.
Also, I have not been able to train as much as I’d like to, although I have trained for several days in a row recently so my ability to fit in my training is coming back strong. Most importantly, however, I haven’t been able to spend as much time with my family as I’m always working. But you know what? That’s okay. You see, there are periods in life where you must sacrifice in order to move forward. It is especially during these times where life will appear and may very well be in chaos. But that’s ok. It is this exact action of getting out of my comfort zone that will allow me to grow and make the biggest impact on my family’s life. Thus, as I have now gotten a good grasp of my Basketball skills training schedule, effort required, necessary recovery protocols I can now add in another passion and dream of mine that I would like to bring to life.
To better understand what I mean, I’ll give you an analogy. Envision for a moment that you are a spinner at a circus. And you in particular are a spinner who can spin multiple plates at once. Each plate that you are spinning represents a goal, passion or dream you have in life.
For me, the current plate that I am spinning is my Basketball Skills Training business. Since this “plate” is now spinning easily, I can now attempt to spin a second “plate”, which for my case will be, my Online Marketing Business called “Achieve Visibility”. I actually have had this business for 10 years but have put it on the back burner for several years as I wanted to focus on my true calling and passions in life. But a client recently called me asking for help and loved the work we had done for him I decided to help him grow his business as one of my passions and goals in life is to help people by changing their lives for the better and specifically helping people do what they do best, better. In addition, I will be adding a third plate very soon which would be growing our Social Media presence for our Invincilete Basketball Academy and overall Invincilete Brand, which includes Fitness, Personal Training, Basketball, Weight Loss, Muscle Gain, Habit Formation etc. So, as you can clearly see there is a lot on my plate currently but a lot more plates that I will be spinning soon.
But what I’ve learned is to stay centered in the midst of chaos. And the way I do that is through prayer, gratitude, exercise, meditation, taking a day off without technology, getting out in nature, taking a short trip with my family and spending quality time with my family.
My hope is that you too will find what helps you stay centered in the midst of chaos. Once you find it, please share with us your discoveries so that we can learn what works for each other because what works for one person may not work for another and perhaps maybe, just maybe, your technique will ignite that spark for someone finally that something which helps them get back to their center.
Wish you the best on your journey.
