My ‘Sliced Pinky’ Accident (and 2 Important Mindset Lessons To Help You Be An Internet Marketing Success)
Kyle After His Sliced Pinky Accident
I have an embarassing story to share but hopefully it will yield some good lessons for you…
So last Thursday was a day like any other for me… I woke up today at 5:00 AM so I could start my day with a workout in my Home Gym. I did an intense workout for about 30 minutes and then came upstairs so I could cook some breakfast, have some Green Tea, and start my day…
I had a healthy little breakfast and after munching spotted the sink full of dirty dishes and decided to tackle the mess and clean those dishes before I jumped into my day of work.
Half way through my ‘Suzie-homemaker’ dish-washing escapade I was washing out this cool Pint Glass I got from this crazy Bar in Atlanta that my friend bought me when the glass suddenly broke into shards and in the process sliced a MASSIVE chunk of flesh out of the outside of my pinky on my right hand…
I looked down at my pinky and the blood gushing out of it and realized I had cut myself pretty darn deeply.
Awesome…
I quickly grabbed some paper towels and applied some pressure to the gaping wound and after a few carefully chosen curse words, got mad at myself and that stupid mistake I just made…
I then quickly realized I needed to go get some stiches because it was a pretty bad cut.
I stopped being mad at myself because that was not helping at all, and then started focusing my mind on what I needed to do to solve this problem and do something that would actually help me.
It was no easy process, but I figured out how to get my winter coat on without bleeding all over it, grabbed my keys, and hopped in my Jeep to drag myself to the Emergency room…
All the while bursting with excitement (sarcasm) with the idea of sitting for two hours in a Hospital waiting room (always a fun time) :)
I arrived at the Hospital and at this point my finger was throbbing with pain pretty badly…
I was greeted by some really nice hospital staff that took care of getting me registered and getting settled into my own private hospital treatment room.
For the next two hours I spent some quality time in that room waiting while the Doctors and medical staff took care of people who needed more urgent care than I did (one guy was having a heart attack and another some prostate problems - yikes).
Luckily, I had recently bought the “Droid” phone and I had some ebooks uploaded to it that I could read while I waited in the room which turned out to be great because I was able to take my mind of my finger and fill my brain with some new great information.
I was actually studying an ebook from fellow New Hampshire resident Glenn Livingston (who is an amazingly talented Google Adwords ninja). The long story short, I was able to get some great education in because I was prepared…
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LESSON #1: Always be prepared with good information to pour into your brain at all times. Having the right mindset and the right tools present can help you make the best of any situation.
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So back to my story,
Soon enough the Doctor came in, prepped my finger, injected some magic serum to make my finger go numb (which kinda sucked), and then proceeded to stich my mangled finger back into one piece.
They wrapped a massive Gauze wrap around my newly sewn up pinky finger, I got my instructions from the Doc, signed some more paperwork and I was on my way.
After that 2 hour ordeal I shot over to the Pharmacy to fill a presciption for Antibiotics, and then went home and got on with my day…
I was able to get some great work done despite my injured finger so that was cool…
At the end of the day was time for my scheduled workout downstairs in my basement home gym. I have some ofty goals and I have a plan and I certainly wasn’t going to let this injured finger get in my way.
I had a lower body lifting session planned for that day that included exercises like Lumberjack squats, front squats, back squats, Romanian Deadlifts, Trab Bar Deadlifts, etc
I had to modify some exercises and make some substitutions but all in all I had a kick butt training session and I did not let my circumstances keep me from working towards my goals.
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LESSON #2: It could have been ‘REALLY’ easy to simply skip my workout that day due to my injured finger, really easy to give myself the day off due to the unfortunate circumstances I had experienced BUT I instead chose to do whatever I could and work around this circumstance.
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I tell you what, it felt AWESOME to get my scheduled training session in despite this roadblock that popped up in my way.
It was a strengthening decision that made me feel good> I felt empowered that I was able to make progress towards my goals no matter what.
Here’s a quote I really like that fits in well here:
“Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It’s a decision about who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.”
-Neal Donald Walsch
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With all that said,
My finger is on the mend and I have downgraded my bandage to a smaller more compact version. 
I am still working hard and making progess on my goals despite it all.
I hope that you overcome all obstacles thrown in your way and keep moving closer to your goals every day!
To your success my friend,
Kyle Battis
PS - Wanna see a video where my buddy Tellman reveals how I got into Internet Marketing? Click Here to see it, I hope you like it.
