One of the biggest lessons of 2020 is we have to be able to pivot. I think that changing your mind

is often seen as a bad thing, but it's actually pretty brilliant. It means we're learning and we're

growing and we're willing to adjust when things need adjusting. I just think by not pivoting,

we sometimes allow ourselves to stay stuck. So many people have had their lives turned upside down this year.

So many things that many of us have worked for didn't happen because of COVID or weren't at

all what we hoped or thought they would be. And as much as it feels awful at the time, I think

sometimes a good kick in the gut can benefit you. It can force you to be tougher and it can force you to pivot.

I used to be resistant to pivoting because I felt like I was accepting that I was doing something

the wrong way just before the pivot. But that's all wrapped up in crazy unnecessary ego. Now I love it.

I am a pivoting machine. Today we are going to exercise our pivoting skills. Let's go.

You're listening to the How to Be Awesome at Everything podcast where we're obsessed with

life hacks that make your life more awesome. Your host, Lindsay Dick Hout, is an entrepreneur

and business owner, a mom and wife, and someone who wants to do things over the top at all times.

This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting

to get to her kids one day. And now it's a podcast. Join us on this journey where we talk about

how to be awesome at everything we do. Here's Lindsay. I have to start this episode by telling you I'm obsessed with the word pivot.

I'm just newly obsessed with it.

I just have to put that out there.

And I think you will be too.

So pivoting is so interesting and I feel like it is the best word to use for changing your mind, for changing

the plan. It's really helped me. So my goal in this episode is to give you a little pep talk on

pivoting, a pep talk that I wish I would have had, you know, four or five months ago when

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