Daniel Granger has some ways to overcome the gloom and doom and keep some of that brightness shining!
Published:Coming from a childhood featuring abuse, neglect and homelessness – as well as paternal and fraternal suicide, Daniel is a firm believer that positivity isn’t a denial of difficult things, it is looking for the glimmers that are all around us and being both grateful and aware of what is still good. By building this life philosophy into his day to day in micro moments, Daniel has an intention to find the good. Here are his tips:
These are my mini moments, when I might stop the car on the way home to really look at the sunset – just for a few minutes but really noticing it’s beauty, that the world is this huge incredible place, that
the light keeps on coming, even after the sun sets, it’ll be back at sunrise. But sometimes it’s just stopping and listening to a really great track and hearing the words; a painting (we have art in the salon, and a dream wall where pictures manifest our hopes and dreams) and stopping to really
remember what it’s all about is a huge moment by moment boost. A glimmer can just be 20 seconds of being really intentionally moved by something – try it!
When I’m spiralling (and believe me I do!) I get into things physically, just returning now from a week of skydiving in Dubai and doing the hardest thing ever which was a fight night, the training, the physical duress and challenge were intense. I know these aren’t day to day, but I have these huge physically challenges and I think they really give me that feeling of how incredible it is to have the privilege of being alive. The adrenalin rush (but most enduringly of all the dopamine and serotonin – the happy drugs we create ourselves) really do kick in, for me day to day that fitness at the gym and being with other men is my place to get into my body and it stills my mind.
Being with people, my team in the team room, having a laugh, or a cry, or a hug or just sitting alongside each other quietly having a coffee, these are the moments that I think we don’t recognise enough that keep us feeling part of something and being important to each other. So keep looking out for your team, for each other and find ways just to check you’re all doing ok.
I grew up around a lot of dishonesty and uncertainty so my day to day means being an open book, I think some find that quite a lot to deal with! But secrets, hiding stuff is not where I feel good, so I am open about my salary, the team salary structures, things that are getting me down, ways we can do better, sharing new ideas for the future (even if they don’t come off!) but sharing it all then what I find it people don’t make up their own stories about what they think is happening in the salon, they know and that makes for a happy place to be.
I hope you enjoy bringing your own versions of these positive boosting methods to support and encourage yourself.
You’re amazing. Love Daniel.
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