Have you seen those funny  “Don’t Panic” Memes?

Usually they are followed by “It’s Friday” or something and have a funny picture 

Well I often think they have my partner in mind when they write those 

Tuesday was a perfect example….

As I’ve mentioned she has her own thriving driving instruction business and usually everything runs smoothly 

But on Tuesday two of her pupils had tests. 

After the first test, the next pupil had booked a pre-test lesson - but things went crazy….

I got an extremely panicky phone call from my partner which went something like this…. 

“THE CAR’S BROKENDOWN!!!!THERE’SAWARNINGLIGHTON!!!!THEWATERHASALLCOMEOUTANDITSOVERHEATING!!!!!!CANYOULOOKUPTHEMANUALANDTELLMEWAHTTHISWARNINGLIGHTMEANS???IDONTKNOWWHATTODO!!!CANYOUCOMEPOUTANDHELP????

                                             Phew! 

Now this has happened before and I knew what the problem most likely was - she had topped up the water level and not screwed the radiator cap on properly 

So I cut her off mid rant and asked “Where are you?” 

She told me and I headed out there in my car 

The problem was as I’d suspected and was easily fixed. 

She was 10 minutes late for her pupil who then passed her test with flying colours

Next day the beautiful bunch of lowers pictured above arrived with a lovely thank you note from said pupil …….

The moral of the story? 

Don’t panic - it’s never worthwhile and things are seldom as bad as they seem 

Panic is infectious. I know this from years spent in the live events industry where equipment often breaks down and the best laid plans often have to be revised 

Usually 5 minutes before show time!  

But 9.99999 times out of ten the skill, experience and calmness of the technicians, project managers and crew saves the day 

By NOT panicking like the organisers, speakers and performers often do 

It’s understandable - in both examples there is a lot at stake 

And it’s the same with life in general. 

If you can take yourself out of the pressure cooker that is modern life and just smell the roses for a minute 

Life starts to become enjoyable again

In my early days as an internet entrepreneur and SFM member I was sometimes tempted to panic when things were going wrong 

But as with my old career I knew I had an amazing support network around me who I could reach out to and who would know what to do 

It’s called TEAM WORK 

And when you join SFM you become part of a team like no other 

And instead of blind panic you have peace of mind. 

Cheers!

Dave