Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact.

This Justin Sua episode 2049.

This episode is for anyone who is going through a tough time.

I read a little excerpt from a newsletter that I like it.

And it reminded me of what Chris Bosch says, that's something he learned from Kobe Bryant.

He said this, you've got to love the parts that aren't fun.

He said, you got to love the parts that are a struggle.

Bosch said that he would tell himself something when he's struggling.

He says this, quote, I always like to think how many people would

quit right now. That's the first thing I think about. Then I keep going, close quote. What I like about

this is whenever we experience hardships, you always hear me talking about the questions that we ask

ourselves. If you want better answers,

start asking better questions. I just think that's a fascinating question. How many people would quit right now? That's the first thing I think about. Then I keep going. And I think this is a really

cool way to frame adversity that you may be going through. And it leads me, that might be the question you ask yourself

or you could ask yourself other questions. What can I learn from this? Who can help me through this?

What am I going to do about it? And I think something that would be beneficial to any of us that are

going through hardships is to have a list of questions that we can ask ourselves to help us

gain perspective of misadversity. Yes, it's going to be hard. It's not a silver bullet. It's not

going to magically vanish away our problems. However, it can help us make the next best decision.

And that's why it's important to plan to respond effectively to adversity before adversity hits.

And so maybe if you're in a good place in your life right now, now it would be a really good

time to have a set of questions that you're going to ask yourself when you get punched in the face.

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