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I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up

You’ve fallen and you CAN’T get up. That’s a load of crap.

I have a magnet on my fridge that says “Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is living” The credit for this insightful phrase goes to “Anonymous.” Regardless of who coined this phrase, it is true that falling down is part of life. The choice is yours. Are you going to stay down or are you going to get up?

That’s right, staying down or getting up is your choice. It’s all about your mindset. What’s a mindset? you ask. Your mindset is a series of self-perceptions or beliefs YOU hold about yourself. These self-beliefs determine your behavior, outlook, and mental attitude. You may think you are stupid or smart; ugly or attractive; worthy or unworthy; deserved or undeserving. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT YOURSELF WILL DICTATE YOUR NEXT COURSE OF ACTION.

Many of you have a victim mindset and blame others for your current circumstance. You fall down and you stay down. Regardless of what happened, staying down is an example of somebody who has a fixed mindset. Your fixed mindset response is limiting, scarcity focused and self-deprecating. Certainly, NOT a healthy and empowering place to live.

On the other hand, many of you have a ‘can and will do’ attitude and believe you control your reaction to your circumstances. You show examples of a growth mindset. Your growth mindset response is solution-oriented, abundance-focused and confident & assured. A much healthier and more empowering place to live.

It’s OK to fall down. It’s NOT OK to stay down.

If you are unsatisfied with your current mindset and want to shift to a more healthy and empowering one, you can find help from an expert mindset coach.

How do you know you are living with a growth mindset?

Drew Deraney
Drew Deraneyhttps://profitcompassion.com/
Drew Deraney was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ where he still lives to this day caring for his elderly mom and his 3 adult children Matthew, Nicholas, and Emma. Drew earned his B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in Applied Psychology, and two psychology research publications while at Fairfield University; a scholarship from the Healthcare Financial Management Association; and his M.B.A. in Health Care Administration from Baruch College / Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NY. His hospital career spanned 24 years where he was co-chair of the Leadership Institute, spoke at JD Power, was one of three leaders interviewed by The Commonwealth Fund, received his Communicating with Empathy Trainer certification, and is a Certified Patient Experience Professional. Four years ago, Drew founded Profit Compassion LLC, an entity to coach and empower mostly men to create resiliency and authenticity as Chief Resilience Officer. Drew is the podcast host of ‘From Caving in to Crushing It’ and recently became a best-selling author with his book ‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’ - Memoir of a reformed People Pleaser. In a 9-month span, Drew experienced a grueling divorce, job loss, his son’s suicidal ideations, and his father’s death which devastated Drew emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. It is a commonality for men to consider any challenge as a weakness as well as to show emotion and ask for help. While writing his book, Drew realized he was not the only man suffering in silence. With more clarity of purpose than ever, he began asking for help. Drew Deraney’s mission is to help, especially men, release their inner greatness by showing vulnerability, keeping in the integrity of their power, and making a great impact on the people in their lives both personally and professionally. Drew Deraney now travels the world both to Live and Virtual Events showing mostly men the steps needed to strengthen self-identity and self-worth, to overcome self-limiting beliefs, and to build confidence while being authentic, maintaining boundaries, and to transcend people-pleasing skills to become the person they are destined to be. Drew challenges them to reach deep inside and make a lasting impact. Enjoy his new book: I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING: MEMOIR OF A REFORMED PEOPLE PLEASER 

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