How the Super Successful Spring Back to Life After an Embarrassing Set-Back

Weebles wable but they don’t fall down

Hello Thrivers!

I’ve been begging my computer to work all day, if you’re reading this I haven’t yet chucked it off the deck.

Let’s begin. 🙂

Pearl One

After Will Smith punched Chris Rock, there was talk that Smith’s career was over. But because I’ve been studying the ultra-successful for years now, my immediate thought was don’t count this dude out so fast, he may very well come roaring back.

Similarly, Elon Musk, interviewed a few years back by 60 Minutes was asked something like, “if Tesla doesn’t work out, will you quit”? Musk said, “oh no. I’ll never quit.”

Last story, did you see the hilarious Leslie Jones on an SNL bit, saying “Oprah got fired at the age of 23. Can you imagine firing Oprah?! It wasn’t a mistake, because she wasn’t Oprah yet, she was just some 23 year old punk who needed to get fired so she could become Oprah. Sometimes you got to fail to succeed.”

If you pay close attention to the successful “failures,” you’ll soon see that the ultras do not go “gently into the night.” They don’t give up because Kim Kardashian and Kanye West treat her badly on the world’s stage.

Of course, you could cry “confirmation bias!!” And in return I’d say, “I’m sorry I can’t really hear you because I’m too busy studying the successfuls and applying their strategies and tactics to my own life.”

The Ultras’ Playbook

Here’s the essential map to how the superstars navigate life: first, they dream BIG, then they create a written detailed plan and finally, they eliminate everything that’s not moving them forward. If a to z doesn’t work, they hop the back fence and kick down the kitchen door to move themselves that much closer to the winner’s circle.

If their country-western singing job wasn’t hitting the right notes, no big-deal, then they’d give being a pop-singer a go, but note how they give up. ♥

Pearl Two

I didn’t plan on writing about the new weight loss med, but the Scarfer said that I absolutely should. So here we go.

I’ve tried to stay mildly current on the diabetic med that turned out to have a nifty weight loss side effect. The diabetic med, now called Wegovy, has being hailed by many wealthy celebs for it’s amazing powers to get thin quick effect.

Here’s how Wegovy rolls.

According to YaleMedicine.org, “Not everyone is eligible for treatment with semaglutide (active ingredient in Wegovy). Doctors can prescribe it for adults who have obesity, with a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 30; or overweight, with a BMI greater than 27 accompanied by weight-related medical problems such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or high cholesterol.”

My first, second, and third thought is, awesome for those who would likely die young from diseases that can come from obesity.

Once a week you give yourself the injectable using the Wegovy “pen” that’s made to be both painless and easy to use.

Yes, there are possible side effects like diarrhea, fatigue, and nausea among others. But not everyone gets side effects and if they do, hopefully they’re mild.

My Experience with Fen-phen

You and I aren’t new to meds that create weight loss. Remember fen-phen?

Back in the 90s I had a friend who had an important high school reunion in her near future. Panicking about her weight she became a devout follower of fen-phen. She lost the weight and looked lean for her reunion. Upon returning home, she had a small stroke. It didn’t hamper her life in a significant way, but still. Scary.

I also found a doctor who prescribed the med for me. I took it for maybe two days before the Scarfer flipped out and said that I was killing myself.

But you should have seen how clean my house was. (We lose weight and have a clean home? Bring it!!)

But Y2K aside, the Scarfer wasn’t usually wrong, so I stopped. I hate it when he’s right. You probably know that the FDA flipped out too and in ‘97 pulled the med from the market because a study showed it caused damage to heart valves along with strokes. ♥

The Crux of It

Whether we try Wegovy today, tried fen-phen back in the day, have a stomach procedure, or use a starvation diet, every external “fix” requires us to embed smarter eating habits, mind-sets and tools into the fiber of our being for the weight loss to actually last.

We’re tired of losing weight with results that don’t last.

If a pill or a procedure comes along that lets us live on Pringles and donuts, sign me up!

But until that joyous moment arrives learning to deal with the food in our food-on-steroids culture is the surest way to maintain a forever-loss. ♥

Pearl Three

I’m keeping Pearl Three short so that this post doesn’t turn into a novel. During the month of February, I’m leaving this slot for talking smart mind-shifts. Today’s topic: I’ve had several ask me how I eat on vacation. Years ago, I would have gotten serious and explained why it’s so important to keep your great habits going no matter if you’re in the Virgin Islands or Vegas.

But these days I explain it like this: Just like I’d never leave my meds at home, I don’t leave my smart eating habits at home either. Oh, I might have one detour a day, but mostly I stay firmly on the Smart Eating Path when I’m far from home. Who wants to return from the trip to having gained five? Not I and I bet not you either. ♥

Pearl Four

Two book-dessert suggestions for you today one non-fiction and one fiction. I love Stephen King, just not his horror-genre so I don’t usually read him, but I did read his amazing and popular book, On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft.

I know, you’re thinking, but lady I’m not a writer. Great news: the book is half and half. Part of On Writing is a master class worth of advice, but the book is also his memoir and includes details about the car accident that came very close to ending his life. He’s critical of the driver who plowed into him, of course. But he doesn’t hold back his fury at the two women who could have given him a heads up about the goofball driver in the first place, but didn’t. Phenomenal read.

The fiction that I’m loving is, Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny. Yes, I mentioned her last week. When I find a good book, I search out the author’s other books. Now, had I known that this book were a compilation of short stories all wrapped up in conclusions at the end, I wouldn’t have ordered it at the library. I don’t think of myself as a short story lover.

But that would have been an a mistake.

Review: fantastic read when you need something light in the domestic-humor-fiction department. ♥

Pearl Five

“We are all failures – at least the best of us are.” – J.M. Barrie (Creator of Peter Pan). ♥

Have a beautiful weekend, everyone!

♥, Wendy

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