12) The Down Days

Some people ask me, "G, you just don't ever look like you're down, like you're a machine." 

I like to keep a baseline. Now, if the baseline is in the middle, am I down? Am I up? I try to stay as close to that line as I can. Now, are there days where I'm going to be super hyped? Of course. People I work with can feel it. Are there days where I'm running below the line? Of course, but the key is to be able to manage the swings.

It goes back to daily perspective. I go back to some of the most difficult days I've ever had. When something checks me for a couple of days and I'm feeling down, I think about when I lost my old man and how sad I was. I think about certain business experiences I've been through and how I persevered.

I reflect to then bring myself back to the baseline.

There are certain things I need on a regular basis to keep me there. When you know this about yourself, you can better manage the down days. It's just the way it is. Can you minimize the hard fall off? The hard fall off is where you get fucked up. The hard fall off is when shit goes haywire and you can’t stop it. Find ways to manage the shit that’s thrown your way. Doing so will better equip you to stop them in their tracks.

It's all about the net. You have the highs, you have the lows, but what’s the net? The net result of keeping yourself right is the key. Understand that I have these same exact problems as you do, and my wife has done a fantastic job of helping me on this.

There have been a few instances where I was having a real hard time when I made the transition out of MP. I remember there were a few days I strung together where I was crying myself or crying at myself, not actually crying, but you could just tell I wasn't me.

And she just checked me like this. She said, "Cory, no one is trying to follow this. No one is trying to be led like this." I kind of looked at her like, "Well you know baby, I got this going on. It's heavy." She said, "But this is not you. You're a victor, not a victim. You got to stand up. It's time to get moving." She gave me a day or so to lick my wounds, but at the end of the day when I talked to Arnold, he said, "It's all how you stand back up."

Get back to baseline. A couple hours, a couple of days, whatever it is, stand back up and get back to baseline. Keep moving.