FROM THE PUBLISHER
Choose to learn Setbacks offer opportunities to get stronger.
Anyonewho has read this magazine and my column over the years knows how much I dislike trendy business books or self-appointed life coaches and motivational experts — for many reasons that I won’t go into here. That said, I must say I was truly inspired by watching a documentary recently — “I Am Not Your Guru” — about Tony Robbins and his “Date with Destiny” seminar. The guy — notwithstanding his recent gaffe over the Me Too movement — is amazing. He’s worth more than a half billion dollars and the reason is that he may be the best group therapist ever. Watch the film and I would be surprised if you weren’t at least just a little bit inspired. For me, the best takeaway of all from it reminded me of the old adage, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Those aren’t the exact words Robbins uses, but that is the message.And it is so true— in life and in your professional work as well. All of us who work as managers of some sort will have setbacks. People quit. Clients fire you. People let you down. Clients don’t pay. You don’t get all the jobs you go after. There are plenty of opportunities to “get stronger” every day. You can either let these things ruin your day/week/year/life or you can learn from them and use the lessons learned to help you do even better than you would have had they not happened. I think we can all benefit from this thinking. Life should be a learning experience. Keep learning and you’ll keep growing and winning. Decide that you won’t learn — withdraw from the game, get mad, be defeated — and you are the loser. Which do you want to be? You choose how you respond. Every time I make the choice to be a learner and not be defeated, new possibilities emerge. How about you? You can start right now to be a learner by reading this May issue of Civil + Structural Engineer . And when you’re finished with it, help someone else be a learner by sending it on. Thanks for reading!
MARK C. ZWEIG mzweig@zweiggroup.com
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May 2018
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