Hey guys! I have an awesome post planned for today, but before we get into that I would like to make a HUGE announcement... Our brand new RESOURCE LIBRARY is now available!! As you can tell, I'm pretty excited about this launch :P. You can get more information about this on our new "Free Resources" page, but for now, here's what you need to know: The TBQJ Resource Library is completely FREE, and full of valuable and nicely-formatted workbooks, worksheets, checklists, cheatsheets, and more! Also, it is a growing library - that means that I'm adding new resources and tools to it as often as I can! I wanted to create this resource library for several reasons. Some of which, are...
Like I said, I believe that the tools already in this resource library (and the tools still yet to come) have the ability to totally revolutionize your quiz experience. Before I wrap up this section, I just wanted to thank everyone in the Newsletter tribe for being SO supportive (they get to find out about the new TBQJ extensions ahead of time). The response to this has already been so amazing, and I want to make sure that y'all know how much I really appreciate that! But that's WAY enough plugging for one post - let's get into the actual subject for today! :P As you can see from the title, we're going to be talking about pulling off a killer comeback. To have a comeback, you obviously have to have something to "come back" from, right? And that's okay - it's okay to fall down, because you get back up afterwards. (I actually just wrote a whole post on "falling down", if you'd like to read some more about that: The #1 Steppingstone To Success). In addition, there's all different types and sizes of comebacks. They can be in regard to any area of life (schoolwork, relationships, productivity, creativity, etc..), and they can be over any amount of time. One of your comebacks may take three months, and another one may take three days - both of these can be totally acceptable and healthy! Let's talk for a minute about why comebacks are so cool (and fun!). Hopefully, after reading these things you'll be totally motivated to pull off your own comeback, if you're in line for one! After that, I'm gonna share with you what I think is the cornerstone to each and every comeback - so stay tuned.
When we fall down, make a mistake, fail, it can be really discouraging! Sometimes it can make us feel like "I can't do anything right", but that's obviously not true. Even so, there's something inside of us that says, "Oh no? Then prove it." and it's hard to be satisfied until we actually do prove it. It brings us a sense of being right, stronger than whatever make you fall down in the first place, and it just overall improves our confidence. I really enjoy this part of pulling off a killer comeback.
This is also a very fun part of it. I don't think it ever gets old to really surprise people, in any area of life - but this also gives you a sense of pride (hopefully a humble kind) to make a comeback that others can see. Obviously this is kind of similar to the sense of pride we get whenever we accomplish anything, but it just feels 10x better when you're overcoming a setback - am I right?
Coming back from a failure is hard - it's really hard! In addition to all the work that you had to do to get to the good place you were at before the setback, you have to fight against the doubt that you can't do it again. If you're anything like me, that doubt can be stronger than the initial doubt that you can do it at all. Overcoming your fears and doubts is vital if you want to make a strong comeback, and sustain it. Doubts and fears come when the setback has gotten into your head - that's why quick turn arounds are so powerful, when you just "shake it off". Even though it's small, having a really good round directly after having a really bad round is one of my favorite kinds of comebacks!
Commitment is a hard thing - a lot of problems are created when people don't commit to things, and people can get hurt. But I'm not talking about commitment to anything other than quizzing. How bad do you want to succeed in it? It has to have a secure place in your priorities box. Chances are that we've all been around long enough to see quizzers come and go - they might have even been really good at quizzing, and placed well, and been excited about it. But for some reason they decided to up and stop it all together, and you probably won't see them again. Why is that? Because they forgot why they committed to quizzing - and that's honestly pretty sad to me, because I've seen and experienced first hand how much good TBQ can do for a person. So when you pull of your comeback, you can be proud and satisfied in the fact that you didn't shrink back in the face of failure - you overcame it! And that's pretty awesome, I gotta say. Earlier in this post, I told you I was going to share with you what I believe is imperative to each and every comeback. So here it is. I've been wanting to write a post on this very subject for a while (and I'll probably give it it's own post in the future), but it's not a matter of ability. I'll say it again. If you want to make a comeback, there's no question as to IF you can do it. Nothing in life is a matter of ability (unless you want to operate in someone else's God-given gifts, of course). Like I mentioned in my post "Tips For Making a Regional Team", until you get that lens of "I don't know if I can do this" taken off, you'll be the one and only person holding you back. So put that lens away, and instead look through the lens that says "Yeah I can!". You didn't really think that I was going to drop the whole resource library thing, did you? Haha, nope! Guess what? I made a special workbook that will help you do just what I've been talking about! Go ahead and click the button below to snag your copy ( + full and unrestricted access to my entire library)! I hope that you guys really liked this post, and I'm sorry if I might have been plugging to hard :P.
On another note, I've got some super cool guests coming in to collaborate with me on some posts here pretty soon, so you can be looking forward to that! Anyways, I love you guys so much, Quiz-Journeyers - and remember: We quiz, and we live VICTORIOUSLY! Have an amazing week, y'all, and I will see you next week! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory
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