EFFIE, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?
Physical fitness is a huge part of my life, and I’ve experienced quite a few injuries. It’s an analogy for all things in life. I had a major back injury at 19, to being hit by a car in 2007 with 3 herniated disks and 2 ruptured, broken toe in 2013 that was a 6 mo rehab, torn acl in 2020 that I rehabbed non operatively for a year, to a torn meniscus this year that finally got me in the operating room, and I’m 7 weeks now post op.
Being injured can be debilitating. So much of my self esteem is wrapped up in physical fitness, and so much of my joy comes from movement so when that has been inhibited, I have gone into depressive funks. But having experienced said injuries, which were felt fatalistic when they happened, and then coming out on the other side after physical therapy, and being patient in the weight room, has contributed to a serious thickening of skin.
This surgery I had august 12 I went into with a better attitude than when the actual injury happened and the rehab process has actually been enjoyable. Learning to appreciate micro-progressions, and the “process’ to walk again. All this applies to enterprenurial challenges. Every roadblack you hit and circumvent bulds the mental muscle to be prepared for anything.