"It's going to be ok." Chad Lowe wondered if he would ever find out the gender of his unborn baby or ever see that baby born. The individual that had brought a gun into Chad's bank made him question if he would be going home that evening or not. But when his employee asked if they were going to survive or not, he reassured her that everything would be okay.

You can panic or you can take ownership of the situation. When Alan White discovered he had cancer, this was the decision he had to make. With his new perspective on life, Alan lives to enjoy the journey. For him, things have become easy. Laid off from his job? No problem, there will be another one. Diagnosed with a second form of cancer? Alan just laughs.

Shifting from producer to manager, Nathen Haupt suddenly felt powerless because he couldn't directly quantify his impact on the organization anymore. After deciding to leave that position, Nathen journeyed down a path of self-discovery to re-assess his thoughts on management and motivation.

Song Hee Kang landed in a case of senioritis during her final year of college and had to set a stretch goal in order to push herself to success. Now she uses the same techniques to stay motivated at work and during exercise.

Mike Potter received eye opening feedback during a 360 performance review that made him question whether or not he wanted to stay in leadership. After a month of executive coaching, he realized that he needed to take the same approach to help his team as he did his clients, by asking two questions:

What's holding them back from being the best they can be?

What can I do to help them out with that?

After a death in the family, finding out his grandfather had terminal cancer and a busted vacation, Nathan developed a sense of anger and resentment at life in general which manifested itself at work. After seeking the advice with a counselor and proactively having a discussion with his boss, Nathan was able to create a new role in the organization that fired him back up again.