Uniquely Me Lifebook

The Favre Fiasco continues – each side pointing a finger at the other claiming this that or the other was done against the best interests of settling the issue between them.

The more I listen to what’s being said on the news and other media sites, the more I realize one thing: the Green Bay Packers began to revise their roadmap on the day that Favre announced his retirement; Brett Favre did nothing to plan for his career and life as it would be after football.

Both the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre are now being blown about by the fickle winds of the press and the fans. No matter what happens no one will emerge from this situation a ‘winner’. All because Mr. Favre never thought beyond the gridiron and determined who he wanted to be after his football playing days came to an end.

And for that lack of a roadmap or lifeplan, a whole lot of people are left in turmoil. The Green Bay Packers as a team, Aaron Rodgers, and the team’s fans. No matter what happens, a lot of people are going to be left unhappy.

We live in an interdependent society; our actions and decisions affect those around us. When we neglect to figure out what we want in our lives, we are left to the not so tender mercies of those around us. Having lost sight of what we truly want, we end up playing a game of “keep up with the Joneses,” or following after the latest “guru” who promises us a life of peace and satisfaction.

No matter your age, it’s never too late to turn things around and regain your true self. All it takes is the willingness to devote a bit of time and honesty to the search. The “Uniquely Me Lifebook” was created as a tool to assist you on this journey. Check out the free sampler and when you have had time to work through those questions, I know you’ll see some benefit.

Anyone who follows professional football will have heard by now of controversy Brett Favre recently generated with his “un-retirement.” After the team has gone ahead, training a new QB to take the field when the season starts , he declares that he no longer wants to be retired and demands to be reinstated in his former position.

The previous season he kept the Green Bay fans on tenterhooks with the “Will he? Won’t he?” drama. As a result the team was unsure how to proceed and the season performance reflected that. At the end of the season he declared that he was retiring from the game. The Packer’s management moved on, training a new Quarterback to run the plays.

Shortly before the team was due to report for Training Camp this year, Bret Favre decided that he wanted to come back. He expected the team to set aside all the off-season prep work they had done and that Aaron Rodgers should be happy to step aside and resign himself to playing second string for an unknown number of years.

It appears to me that Brett Favre’s biggest problem is that he never bothered to give any thought to what he would do with himself after he left the game of football. It has been his main focus for many years now. This spring when he realized that without football he had nothing to do, he decided to “un-retire” just to have something to fill his days again.

This can happen to any of us – it certainly happened to me. We become focused on our job, our family, or some hobby to the extent that we can no longer “see the forest for the trees” right in front of us. A couple of years ago, I began to realize that I was in that position. I was living from day to day and paycheck to paycheck with no thought to where I wanted to be.

As I realized what was happening, I began to ask myself a number of questions about what I truly wanted to have in my life. The result has been an ongoing process of self-discovery; of things I had maybe dreamed about when I was child. Working my way through the questions and sharing what I was discovering with my mentor led to the creation of the Uniquely Me LifeBook – a tool to guide individuals and couples along the path to living the life they truly love to live.

Now that I’m realizing what I want and don’t want in my life, it is much easier to say “no” when necessary. “No” to demands on my time, “no” to the temptation of impulse buying, and “no” to being pushed or pulled by the media advertising that bombards us every single day. I am once again discovering who I am and I am happy with that.

Perhaps I should send a copy of the Uniquely Me LifeBook to Brett Favre. It may help him to move beyond the gridiron.