Detour Ahead
Imagine that you are driving in an area that is unfamiliar to you, just hoping the directions you scratched on a napkin will get you to where you need to be, when all of a sudden you see a detour sign ahead. Now this wouldn’t be so bad if it were a “good” detour, meaning that shortly after following the directions of the first detour sign you promptly see yet another detour sign which continues to direct your path, and another, and another until you find yourself on the correct course once again. That is a “good” detour.
Now, imagine once again the same scenario, only this time you experience a “bad” detour. A “bad” detour is simply this: after the first detour sign causes you to leave your original path there are no more detour signs to get you back on the right path. This is a “bad” detour because it only gets you off course, but not back on again.
In this case the “creators” of the detour gave no thought as to directing you back to your original course, only how to get you off course. When it comes to having a plan for your day or your week that is intended to get you to your desired “destination”, YOU are the creator of the detour.
Having a good detour in life boils down to having a good plan for the week written down, with some flexibility built in, so that if you experience a “detour” in the form of an interruption or some sort of emergency you can enter back onto the original path at an appropriate point. On the flip-side, if you have no plan at all then it would be difficult to resume a plan you never had. Having a good plan is like a “good” detour, it can help you get back on track and on your way to a successful week in spite of obstacles life may throw in your way.
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To Your Success,
Kip Kint
Success Coach & President
Mission Ignition, Inc.