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double-checking your work and talking to others who have been in similar positions. It can also mean being patient for results to come in. Focus on small steps, and after that, try this next step. No. 2: Focus on what’s in your control — if it isn’t, relinquish your concern. If you’ve had a new job change you’re worried about, create a pros and cons list and see what you think. No matter what the results are, you can always consider your next steps toward a future you’ll be happier with. However, if you’ve landed a plane and saved 155 lives but face intense legal threats that could jeopardize your well-being and that of your family, you may feel like your emotional state is out of your control. That’s totally normal — it may even be healthy to allow yourself to feel disappointment, anger, and worry. Embracing your emotions may allow you to accept, overcome, and see past them faster. No. 3: Don’t doubt yourself alone — find a listening ear. As a hero, Sully felt very isolated in his unique situation of self- doubt; however, he was lucky to rely on his copilot, wife, and lawyers who knew his situation intimately. They considered it carefully themselves and assured him he was right.
It’s easy to isolate yourself when you feel most vulnerable and afraid of being wrong. However, it might be worth opening up to a friend, or even a therapist, to talk about your doubts and why they may cause you anxiety or decision paralysis. Working through these phases in your life never has to be done alone — we all need help sometimes. While I’m not Captain Sully, these tips have helped me numerous times, and in some cases, I wish I had taken my own advice sooner! Thanks for reading, friends. I hope you’ll have a wonderful start to the holiday season.
Football and Thanksgiving: A Match Made in Marketing Heaven
Last year, 30.3 million people tuned in to watch the NFL’s Thanksgiving showdown between the Washington Football Team and the Dallas Cowboys. For those Americans (and probably for you if you’re reading this article), football is as essential to Thanksgiving as turkey and stuffing — but why? As it turns out, there are two answers to that question. The first is that games have been played on the holiday for almost as long as it has officially existed. Thanksgiving became a holiday in 1863, and just six years later, the third American football game in history was played on it.
more fans, his team would make a point to always play on Thanksgiving when most people were off work. To sweeten the pot, he committed his radio station (an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network) to broadcasting the Thanksgiving game live on 94 different stations across America. This idea was a hit from day one! According to Sporting News, the long-unloved Lions “not only sold out the stadium, they also had to turn people away at the gates.” In 1966, the Dallas Cowboys signed on to play every Thanksgiving, too, for similar publicity reasons.
According to SB Nation, the Young America Cricket Club and the Germantown Cricket Club faced off in that inaugural Thanksgiving game in Philadelphia, and football has been played on Thanksgiving pretty much ever since! When the NFL was founded in 1920, the Thanksgiving game was official from the get-go.
Since those early days, football-themed traditions have flourished in American families. Apart from
watching games on TV, one of the most popular is organizing a pre-turkey game of family touch football a la the sitcom “Friends.” (Its famed episode “The One With the Football” aired Nov. 21, 1996.) If you’ve never organized a game, this could be your year! To get started, Google “Scott’s Family-Friendly Touch Football” and click the first link.
The second reason we watch football on Thanksgiving is more about money than tradition. In 1934, a Detroit Lions coach, George A. Richards, decided that in order to attract
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