CHAPTER 25
Don’t Take a Bad Day Home with You
by John Baldoni
Feeling frustrated at work—especially late in the day, when you’re worn out? Right before you go home, do something that comes easily to you.
That advice was given to my daughter, a drop-in diver in a collegiate program. One day she had hit a wall and was about to head home when her coach pulled her aside and said, “Instead of leaving in a state of frustration, why don’t you finish practice with a dive you know you do well?” My daughter followed her suggestion and left feeling much better about herself and her abilities.
And that’s exactly what we nondivers need to do. Things inevitably go wrong on the job because of our own or others’ mistakes or failed systems or processes. Whatever ...
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