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Are you choosing to struggle BECAUSE of your limitations or to grow DESPITE them?

I had to ask myself that Sunday night. My nanny came down sick with the flu in one of the most important weeks in my year.

I had set aside all Monday to prepare for a keynote speech and workshop I was giving Tuesday for one of the largest accounting firms in the nation.

The rest of the week, was finishing the last few edits on my book and running a healthy gut challenge in my wellness business.

Suddenly, my 30+ hours of time to spend on these things disappeared. And I had some choices.

To say "this always happens" and complain about the lack of resources that week.....or to get resourceful.

I chose......

1. To ask for help. An incredible mama friend, Rachaell Mondino, watched Luca all afternoon while I was at my speaking engagement. I asked my housecleaner to watch Valentina.

1. To lower my expectations.....of myself. I didn't have the 8 hours I expected to run through my speech, which was a new keynote. Instead of focusing on perfection, I focused on what would serve my audience the best. And put on blinders to the household tasks that weren't going to get done.

1. To get extremely focused. I knew I had about 90 minutes a day during my best hours when Luca was at school and Valentina was napping. I did the most important things first and saved the shallow work items like responding to emails for the evening.

While we miss our super nanny like crazy, this week has been a gift. It's reminded me I can be scrappy, focused, grateful and that a positive mindset and resourcefulness will always prevail when life happens!