Question: Does personal choice presented above sound crazy to you? If so, ask yourself this question - "What's my alternative choice?" Sure, you can become emotionally charged, react in anger or even allow yourself to sink into a deep depression. But what will that accomplish? Nothing constructive, that is for certain.

The better choice is to dip into your personal reserves and "be" your better self. #2 Boss just told you your department isn't meeting expectations, and you are being placed on notice?

Initial Reactions: "He has always had it out for me. I'm next on chopping block. It's a conspiracy! I'm going to report him to HR and Corporate Ethics Line because I feel threatened!..etc, etc.

OR,

CLICK! "Alright, my boss just told me exactly what he expects from me. I'm going to start immediately to address every issue he mentioned to show him that I understand what he expects and that I am committed to not letting he, or company, down. I may not agree with everything he said, but I respect position that he holds and it's my duty to support upper management and company I work for. I can do this!" As preceding examples point out, "THE CLICK" is result of asking yourself, "What is most constructive way I can look at this situation, and what action steps must I immediately take to professionally address this issue?"

Bottom line: NEVER forget power of "THE CLICK". NEVER allow yourself to be a victim of circumstance.

Instead, utilize this all-important tool to remain master of your own destiny.

Don't be "affected" - be EFFECTIVE.

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

Do some doodling and associate between objects, ideas, events, people, or processes that you have never thought of in that way before. Write out different aspects of situation make familar strange and strange familar. Try and ask questions of situation to clarify it. Great questions can solve mystery.

Now it is time to narrow down possibilities. Try ordering possibilities by ranking them against a pre-established criteria. Once likely possibilities have been found they can be expanded into better ideas. Find week spots in ideas ways that they could possibly fail.

Take action, ideas are only ideas until they are put into action.