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I finished speaking this week at the Afflink Summit. A wonderful company and organization! One of my points with these successful folks was the reality of mountain top moments…

We can’t live up on the mountain top, we have to come back down!

And most deaths on Mount Everest occur on the way back DOWN. I used Rory McIlroy as a recent example, because he achieved the highest of mountain tops in winning The Masters and finally completing the grand slam of golf!

His last major was in 2014 and he finally reached the mountain top again!! and then, “what’s next?”  

We all have mountain top moments and they view is the best!

However, the good news about mountain top moments is they don’t last. It’s good news because it reveals the sheer power of time…

The good times don’t last is PROOF that the bad times can’t last! That means no matter what you are struggling through, this too shall pass! 

How To Avoid The Mountain Top Blues?

1) The harder you work for something, the more you’ll enjoy it.

Reaching the mountain top should feel good! But, it’s the struggle that is actually the prize! You have to understand and apply that the process is more important than the product and winning feels better than having won!

2) Your identity matters!

Your performance is just part of your identity!

Other people can describe you, but only you can define you! 

Your performance cannot define you and you must be in touch with your larger purpose and where your real identity is rooted.

3) Your issues will still remain.

No matter what mountain top you summit, regardless of the pay off, affirmations, or how good it feels in the moment, one harsh reality remains… You’ll still have the same issues and concerns as before. 

We “think” that we will be changed and we will, but not because of the mountaintop moment, we change because of the valleys! That’s where the real growth takes place!

4) Expectations rise faster than the results.

Unless we are aware, we will just continually move the goal posts in terms of our performance.

The mountaintop moment didn’t fulfill us, so our own mind and others try to get us thinking that we must climb a bigger mountain! THEN, we will be enough and that’s the reason why we have the mountaintop blues in the first place.

These will help…Use these strategies before embarking on your journey as well!