Oh what a day it was yesterday in Brisbane.Anything that could have possibly gone wrong did, except for my meeting with my client.My day started with me waking up late and in my rush to get out of the hotel room, I forgot to bring my map of Brisbane with me.  I only realised this when I was half way into my journey when streets and buildings started to look strangely unfamiliar.In my panic, I started to reach for my map but that was nowhere to be found.Now, I was in a frantic state.  I knew I had to call my client to tell them I was running late, so I started to reach for my mobile to dial.But to my shock and horror, my mobile was dead!!! (just like the way I felt then).OMG!!! I screamed....I had forgotten to recharge it last night before I went to bed!!!!How stupid was I???????????Not only was I late, now I can not even call one of my biggest clients!!!By now, I was in a state of despair.I started mumbling and cursing to myself....."Why did this had to happen to me?", "Why do I have to make these stupid trips interstates and overseas?", "Why?","Why?", "Why?"Surely now, they would leave me for another firm!!Now, my driving was becoming erratic!!I knew I had to stop, so I pulled my rental to the side of the road and almost instanteously, I buried my head into the steering wheel.Negative emotions started to overwhelm me and I started believing that this day could not be salvaged - not only was I lost, but I had also lost my best client.I don't know how long I had my head buried in that steering wheel - it must have felt like an eternity, but was actually a few minutes.But then somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind, I started thinking of all the things that I had achieved in my life - the enormous risks I took and of all the challenges I had overcome to build my business from the ground up."I had literally crawled through broken glass to get clients such as these and I was not going to give up that easily!!" I mumbled in defiant.That was so empowering because all of a sudden, a wave of positive emotions started to flow through my body.I muttered to myself again "My client believes in me because of my abilities to solve problems and not necessarily because of my punctuality today - in any case, the important thing was the presentation and I was yet to make that presentation - all was not lost!!"And for the first time since I got up that morning, I started to think positively for solutions rather than negatively for blames.Minutes after that, I suddenly remembered I have a back up file on my all clients' telephone numbers in my laptop, which was in the car with me - Bang, that problem was solved!!!Next, I drove to the nearest petrol station - bought a new road map and promptly called my client at a public phone to apologise for being late and told them what time I would I arrive.Well, I got there alright - 3 hours late...hehehe.But for some reason, I was not overly concern - instead I was focused on my presentation.  I greeted my client cheerfully, promptly apologised for the lateness and then proceeded with my presentation.And to cut a long boring meeting short - I made a great presentation - it was the only thing I had prepared well for, and as a consequence of that meeting, I got more business.Any way, on my way back to the airport - I kept mumbling to myself - "I will never do that again!", "I will never do that again!", "I will never do that again!!!".There is a lesson in there somewhere....I am sure I will figure it out after a few beers this weekend....heheHave a good weekend everyone.

should of stayed the night,i would of put a few beers into you,hehe

when u come back up this way give me some notice and l'll take you to a bar , pub as a customer lol.

good old brisbane.

Alcohol doesnt make your day better, so doesnt milk!

Enjoy the booze then and have a great weekend.

You had a bad day... But positive thinking always helps you overcome in any situation - my motto

Congratulations with your presentation!

Maybe you fu*k up purged you of any negative emotions and....

Allowed you to concentrate on the Task at hand ????? Well done. :-)

I think that happens to all of us but like you said we try to think positive could resolve many of our problems when we are very upset happened just the other day to me also and you just made me think tooo thanks nice )