Tag, I’m it – The Pink Rotater – 1stopforgolf.com
I have been tagged – twice. Brad Bagget at JuiceofChampions and Tristan Loo of SynergyInstituteOnline have each tagged me to participate in The Think Different Challenge.
The Think Different Challenge was started by Peter at I will change your life . com. Peter’s premise, though simple is very profound. Choose something in your life that you are currently viewing as a negative situation and re-frame your perspective so that this negative situation becomes a positive opportunity.
The Think Different Rules
- Write a new blog post in which you “think different”. Follow my suggestions above, or be a bit different and interpret the challenge the way you want.
- State that the post is a part of the Think Different Challenge and include a link and/ or trackback to this post so that readers know the rules of the challenge. Feel free to use the above banner (inspired, of course, by Seth Godin).
- Include a link and/ or trackback to the blogger who tagged you.
- At the end of your post, go ahead and tag some fellow bloggers. Don’t forget to email them to let them know they have been tagged.
- That’s it! Just sit back and enjoy reading peoples’ responses to the challenge.
My Think Different Situation
I am a morning person. I love the mornings. Most of the time, I’m up by 4:00 a.m. and hit the ground wide open. I’m loud, excited and as my wife says, “obnoxious”. Only in the mornings, of course.
My wife on the other hand is not a morning person. She wakes up in stages – if she must get up. She does not wake up immediately, it’s more like waking up a little at a time.
- Stage 1: Hit the snooze button at least two times, but preferably multiple times.
- Stage 2: Change from a horizontal position of inactivity to a vertical position of inactivity – in other words get out of bed and sit down to rest.
- Stage 3: Frown at anyone who speaks to you and no matter how quietly they speak, complain that it is too loud.
- Stage 4: Go to the bathroom a start the shower. Don’ t get in – just start the water.
- Stage 5: Sit down to rest.
- Stage 6: Get into the shower and stay there for at least ten minutes
- Stage 7: Get out of the shower, functionally awake but looking at the bed longingly every time you pass it.
- Stage 8: Eat some breakfast and begin to interact with others.
Until just recently I have believed that my wife’s actions were a matter of choice. I believed that she just enjoyed being grumpy, ill and slow. Not anymore.
I have two daughters. The youngest wakes up just like me. Okay, mostly like me, but my oldest daughter is exactly like my wife. She is not, in any way shape or form, a morning person and regardless of my attempts to helping her rise in a good mood, she would rather just wake up at her speed.
My revelation? Maybe the way we wake up in the morning is hardwired into our DNA. Sometimes people don’t want to be excited, encouraged or in a good mood. They just want you to be there – sharing life with them.
I’m still “raring to go” in the mornings, but my youngest daughter and I try to keep it between us.
I Tag
I’d like to tag Daylle Deanna Schwartz of Lessons from a Recovering Doormat.
The Pink Rotater
The “Pink Rotater” became a reality this week. Though there are still some updates that need to be made to the logistics of handling orders as well as some cosmetic changes that are being worked out on the Rotater web site, we are excited to have reached this stage.
I visited with several physical therapists yesterday, all of whom expressed praise for their experiences with the Rotater.
The Rotater – “New Golf Product of the Month”
I received an email from Derek Highley late Thursday with a link to a newsletter that he publishes. When I clicked on the link, I was thrilled to discover that the Rotater had been chosen as the “New Golf Product of the Month” in a monthly newsletter put out by 1stopforgolf.com.
Words cannot begin to express the pride and encouragement that I feel right now. Thank you all for your support.
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Great post! I enjoyed reading it. and thanks for the mention
Hi Chris,
Thanks for participating in my challenge.
Funnily enough my wife is the same. In fact I feel I could have written this post myself.
Peter
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Wow, that is truly thinking differently. I had never thought about the way we waking up as being genetic, but I think you may be on to something. I was talking to my wife the other day about cavities and teeth in a conversation that we came to the same conclusion about genetics playing a role. Amazing how much influence that little DNA has on each one of us! Thank you so much for participating in the Challenge.
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Thanks for tagging me Chris! I’ve answered the challenge, as you did! : ) And i linked back to you.
Cheers,
Daylle
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Great article. I have the same problems when it comes to morning. I am not a morning person neither