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Chapter 6, Disrupting the Routine Mirror Moment
Will today be the usual? Usual hairstyle, usual coffeeshop espresso, the usual people you call or text? Resolve to have an
How do you define success? unusually great day! Gel your hair, order something different, reach out to people that have distanced due to the pandemic.
This one simple change can have a huge impact on your life and possibly on someone else’s.
Success is the mental satisfaction that you’ve climbed to the top of
the mountain despite environmental challenges. The road to suc-
cess is never a straight line. There are no monetary values that de-
fine success. Perhaps you may know of people who are cash-rich,
but family poor. That’s not success. Success means that you’ve
found the balance that brings you the greatest happiness in life.
I sent the following message to multiple people: “Hey friend, are you open to
having a one-on-one Zoom? The pandemic has changed the way we interact and
do business. I’d love to see how we can support one another.” The responses have
been exceptional. Here’s one response: “Hey Sabrina, I’d love to!” Through this
What sense of purpose do you draw
from your culture and community? Zoom, I discovered she experienced a crisis in her life, and we cried together. She
was so happy that I reached out. Mirror Moments are powerful.
Relevancy is how I define my purpose. What if
you gave $100 to a person who has money to
burn? That $100 has no value to that individual. Chapter 6, I Have Tons of Energy it’s worth taking a hard look at your
Take that same $100 and give it to a family of
five where one or both parents lost their income. Are you sluggish? Is your body’s engine body’s ability to move when needed.
That $100 may put food on the table or pay turned off especially now since so Start now by mentally resolving to be
the utility bill. Now we can form a picture of many people are sheltering in place? a body in motion. I have one hour of
relevancy.
W.E.E. supports enterprising entrepreneurs Are you eating more and moving less? movement scheduled each day on my
by providing a platform of visibility in the Mirror Moment: If there was a dire calendar. I walk on my treadmill for two
community. My latest contribution to our emergency that required you to run to miles and this fuels my energy levels.
communities is extending financial education save your life or someone else’s, could
and business opportunities for the working
class. This financial coaching is extremely you do it? That’s an extreme case, but
relevant due to the impact of the pandemic on
our income and wellbeing. This is what I call
financial empowerment!
Mirror Moments are wonderful mental self-reflec-
Can you give me a few examples of tions that can push you toward life-changing possi-
your Mirror Moments and what they bilities.
mean to you?
If you want to know more or reach out
When we look in the mirror, we see our
imperfections and flaws. We focus on the sabrinaprotic.com
things we need to fix, the things that are already
beautiful, perfect, and worth celebrating. Or,
we ignore the very things we need to change
to live our best lives. Mirror Moments are self-
examination questions to push you to eliminate
negative thinking and rewrite positive messages
to yourself.
Sabrina
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