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Sunset with my lady! Today is World Mental Health Day! So @barefootkakes and I decided to bag a new peak wearing our @defeat_the_stigma_project shirts - mental health is a big issue and while awareness is improving there are still too many stigmas and misunderstandings. We can help each other a lot more!! #getoutside #lifeisbeautiful #adventure #livelikezac #wmwranglers #defeatthestigma #mentalhealthawareness

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Become Unstoppable, Again Part 2

Now I have an idea of what I want my plan to be but I need specifics and a title. The title I chose was -Become Unstoppable, Again- Part 2 of my blog past focuses solely on my title and it’s definitely something I want to finally open up about. I’ll spare my readers my life work history but I’ll go back far enough to it makes sense. I worked for Washington Mutual as a Financial Center Manager before that a Branch Manager at a community bank. Washington Mutual offered me an amazing opportunity of more money salary and bonuses and more advancement opportunities. My first Branch there was an amazing opportunity for me because the staff was excellent it’s just the previous Manager was not engaged, at all! As a manager I took the time to get to know my employees. My goal was to make them successful and ultimately help them get promoted or just better. I had been very successful with this formula. I always tried to bring energy and excitement into my Branch everyday. I wanted my employees to feed off it. I was obsessed with my branch(es) and would even call in on my off days. WaMu got taken over by Chase. No big deal for me. Just adapt and keep doing what had me successful. It took awhile for Chase to get me into a Branch. But they came through and gave me a challenge! I love a challenge! A new build in its 3rd year. A new build that was in the bottom 5% nationwide. I found out a year later if the branch didn’t turn around in it’s 3rd year they were going close it. They didn’t have to worry about closing that branch though because we turned it around. In one year we went from almost closed to being one of the top new build branches in the Country. As a matter of fact I just missed going on the top managers trip (they lumped 3rd year new builds with 1st and 2nd year where growth is easier. Had they separated the groups I would have gone. Ironically, it was separated the following year.) But, I didn’t care about the trip because my boss had asked me to oversee the last few weeks of planning and do the Grand Opening of another branch while their manager was on maternity leave. It was a great privilege because now I was responsible for 2 facilities. The grand opening was attended by a lot of senior management officials and it was golden. So much so I asked for permission to interview for my own new build that was planned in Long Grove. I prepared for weeks for that interview market data, city data, Competition data. You name it I was prepared I walked in the interview with 2 binders full of material. My interview was amazing and I was basically told the position was mine. They just weren’t ready to get started yet. I went back to my original branch that had been redistricted out of new builds. I was just was waiting for the phone call to get started on the new branch to get started. Now remember my goal was to make my people successful. My 2 original personal bankers I started with were both moved out of my branch. 1 went to a brand new facility the other was moving to a larger facility. So we had some turnover but it was positive turnover. This was the point where I felt unstoppable! I was on top of everything and things were amazingly awesome! I found out who my new boss was since we were redistricted. I figured it really wouldn’t matter. I was wrong. This boss was the exact opposite of me. 99% of my district managers I worked with knew if they just left me alone I would put my head down and get things done. This DM was a micro manager and it was clear early on we weren’t going to see eye to eye at all. Actually, it got so bad my former DM notified me she had been encouraged the new build DM I interviewed with not to take me. This was probably the first time in my life where I experienced a large dose of stress and anxiety. It got so bad that when she was visiting my branch one day I was trying to type something up for her and my pinky finger couldn’t stop shaking. Yes, she noticed it and said I should see my doctor. My doctor gave me some Xanax and said hopefully you’ll be out of that branch soon. That weekend I had a severe panic attack while out with my family. I went out on short term disability. Then eventually the depression sunk in because while I was out on disability leave the position I wanted so badly was given to someone us. I hated myself in every way possible.12 weeks later I returned to work and that DM had gone on medical leave because of back issues. Even with the new DM who I knew quite well I was never the same again. Years went by and I still blamed this 1 person for my collapse. I went from unstoppable to completely stopped in about 2 months. I eventually realized though that even though we were completely opposite people and had different management styles I caused my own collapse. I allowed this person to get inside my head and they dominated my thoughts during all my hours I was awake which was a lot because I wasn’t sleeping. I gave this person so much indirect power over me and my thoughts. Fast forward to the past couple years I’ve noticed it happening again (on a much smaller scale). Letting things get to me, over analyzing everything. Which brings me back to my training plan. If I want to become unstoppable again I have to let go. Let go but never forget how I felt. Focus on me, my family and me friends and never let someone else indirectly take charge of me. This 2 part blog covers only 1 step of 30 things to do to become unstoppable! I've been there once before and I will get there again

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I missed Friday so yesterday @sendero_torcido and I did three days worth along the peaks of the Beatout. Days 17-19 of the #22killchallenge #22killpushupchallenge in order to raise awareness of the 22 veterans who commit suicide every day. #1istoomany We can help these heroes find the strength to continue on. #staystrong #youareworthit #beatdepression #defeatthestigma #mentalhealthawareness peaks Pfiefferhorn, Bighorn, and Lone Peak. #Beatout #peakbagging #optoutside #wasatchpeakbaggers #wmwranglers