The next crisis is just around the corner. Are you prepared? How will you face it? In a constructive or destructive manner? What rituals, patterns, habits and models do you fall back to when crisis hits?







Things in business and life in general don’t go in a straight line. You will seldom meet anyone that managed to get from A to B without hitting walls, adjusting the road map, acquiring new skills to be able to move forward, double down on actions and continuously working on strengthening mental stamina.







It’s impossible to walk through life without facing hardships. However, the way you perceive and more importantly, approach and tackle these difficult times speak volumes about you as a person. If you want to see the true character and personality of an individual, watch how they behave in an extreme situation. The actions they deploy will reveal everything you need to know about them in terms of integrity, loyalty, respect and reliability.







What Do You Do When Crisis Hits?







We all have a different toolbox that helps us navigate crisis. Some of us rely on a set of constructive rituals and habits to address the toughest topics head on, others prefer to wing it or “delegate” these unpopular issues withdrawing to an all too familiar state of victim-hood while complaining and blaming everybody and everything including the universe for whatever happened to them.







Here are two fundamental tools I cherish, polish and “keep” in my precious toolbox to help me navigate the cyclical storms that are part of this amazing adventure we call life.







1. Discipline.







I consider myself a mentally strong and emotionally stable person. However, there are times like for example the death of a loved one, a serious health condition of a dear friend, a relationship that breaks apart, when my mental and emotional stamina is tested to its core.







This is when my discipline kicks in. Over the course of my life as a sports person, entrepreneur and high performer, I’ve created a set of constructive habits and rituals to help me pull myself out of crisis quickly.







My discipline tool is made up of the following components (an excerpt):









* Reading about new discoveries in the fields of quantum physics and the connection between energy, mind and matter.







* Listening to high performers in business, sports (especially extreme sports such as insights from high-rank NAVY Seals), physics and medicine.







* Going to the gym 2-3 times a week to strengthen my muscles and tissues.







* Family first. Spending quality time each day with my family.







* Nourishing my friendships, business partners and clients.







* Creating aka writing every single day, whether that’s a business article, a fiction story or a poem as part of my newly found passions.







* Healthy nutrition. I eat high-frequency vegetables and fruits straight from my garden during the summer and autumn. Add to that a portion of dark berries and dark chocolate (85% cocoa and above) for the brain to function properly.







* Water. Water. Water.







* Walking every single day, whether that’s barefoot in the garden while performing different tasks or in a nearby park or along the river bank while I’m in the city.







* Quick 20 min meditations to recalibrate my energy centers.







* 8 hours of sleep.









I use discipline to ground myself,