The Amazing Difference This Can Make
Published: Tue, 12/07/10
Hi ,
How are you doing today?
I hope you're doing well.
I read an article about this businessman
who went from almost bankruptcy to
come back to be one of the top businesses
in the country.
What was his secret?
This one amazing difference:
PLANNING.
He had Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C.
He had plans for everything.
He had a plan for if this went wrong
or if that went wrong.
He had a plan for finances, marketing,
advertising, his employees, his products,
just about everything he could think of.
He had a plan for everything to go right
and if everything went wrong.
And if something went wrong, he had
a plan to make it go right.
That was the difference.
And it made a big difference in his
company and in his success.
In my courses/systems, I talk about
how important it is for you to plan as
well.
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The more and the better you plan,
the less you are taken by surprise.
And the less things can hurt you.
For example:
Say that when your loved one goes into a
manic rage, they say things that hurt you.
Well, you can plan in advance how you're
going to handle this rage and what they say.
You can plan how you're going to react,
and that you're not going to overreact.
You can plan that you're not going to fight
back, that you'll keep your voice low, and
that you won't do anything to escalate your
loved one's rage.
What do you think will happen?
Don't you think this will help your situation?
Do you think the rage will end earlier than it
might have if you hadn't planned for it?
And what about planning for bipolar episodes?
The difference it has made in my mother is
amazing!
If you remember, when she had her episode
back in 2004, she was so disorganized that
when we needed it, she didn't even have her
doctor's phone number, and we had to keep
digging and looking around until we finally
found his card.
Now she not only knows where his phone
number is, but it is part of her Bipolar
Episode Plan that if she even feels "off" to
call her psychiatrist and decide what to do.
The big difference is that by planning in
advance, it could mean just an adjustment in
her medication rather than the hospitalization
it took in 2004 to help her out of her episode.
You can do the same thing with your loved one.
You can plan for bipolar episodes.
Sit down with them and discuss what they
would want you to do should you see that they
are exhibiting signs and symptoms of a bipolar
episode.
The first thing should be that you plan to call
their psychiatrist.
They may have you bring your loved one in for
an emergency visit.
Or they may have you take them to the emergency
room at the hospital for evaluation, and possibly
even a hospital stay.
You also need to plan for what you'll do if you
need to hospitalize your loved one.
You need to have a signed Medical Release Form
in your loved one's files at each of their medical
and mental health professionals' offices.
You may even want a Power of Attorney form
signed in advance as well.
These things take planning.
Have you done any planning as far as your
loved one's bipolar disorder goes?
What have you done?
Has it made a difference?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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