A BTL team practice participant recently wrote me to share his reflection on a recent promotion that passed him by. His initial reaction was frustration and almost instant fatigue. Like somebody took the air out of his balloon. Here’s what I reminded him.
Most hinge moments in life are following perceived adversity. When I was passed over, way back in the day for a position I thought was mine, it opened my eyes to my passion for pushing others. The pass turned into passion. See your pass in this light, I told him.
Pass to passion. Good…
BUILT TO LEAD 
So true. It’s amazing how the internal narrative changes everything.