SUCCESS STRATEGIST
ASK THE COACH BY TRENT BLANCHARD
Dear Coach Trent, I get depressed when I turn on the TV to see the state of our world today. I am most concerned with hearing about global warming and how the environment is in danger. I have children and want to make the world a better, safer place. I feel completely helpless and get so angry when I see our elected officials seemingly avoid the subject and disregard what scientists are saying about the future. What can I do? I hear your concerns and appreciate your feelings of anger and hopelessness. The key is to use such feelings as fuel to take action and make changes in your own life, which will then affect the world. Every single person CAN make a difference and it begins with you! If we all used our anger and made some small changes to our everyday lives, then the world around us would also change. As Gandhi once said “Be the change you want to see in the world.” What are such small changes? Purchase a water purifier for
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your faucet instead of buying individual plastic water bottles that would make less refuse. Call the catalogue companies and tell them to stop sending you the catalogues you don’t use and save a tree. (I personally did this) Only use your washing machine when you have a full load, saving gallons of water annually. Call your local political representative and share your concerns about the state of our environment and world. Imagine if we all did such things, we would have a decrease feeling of hopelessness because we are actually doing something. Be part of the solution instead of being part of the problem! Challenge your friends, family and neighbors to do the same. Anger can be a wonderful tool if we act ON it instead of act it OUT! Use your anger to make some changes and you will feel yourself more empowered and hopeful, instead of angry and depressed. Good luck! Trent Blanchard, M.A. To ask your own personal question and be considered for a future issue, please write me at “askthecoach@thestandardps.com”