How do we handle stress and hard decisions during chaotic events? What helps us center ourselves to make better decisions and stay focused on our long-term life goals?

1) If you want to make GOD laugh, tell HIM about your plans. When the world fell apart, we did what we always do - plan for everything. We laid out eight models. Then we got to work. Nine months later? None of those scenarios were close to what happened. That preparation helped a lot. But being flexible was much more useful.

2) "Life will decide for you." Great advice for nearly every situation. When leading a company, there are never ending decisions - and none of them are easy (as covered earlier-https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthonyknopp_three-random-things-i-learnedheard-this-activity-6618944043286167553-Ai-d). It is always a good idea to buy time and, often, life will show a clear path.

3) Make time to set down your cross. In March, our world was falling apart. Every night was sleepless. Loved ones dying and companies disappearing. Having been through 2008, I put a calendar invite to "have a drink and thank the LORD." for December 21st. We made it. Many didn't. Smile. Take a drink, or a smoke, or a deep breath, or whatever it is you do. Then…onward knowing we'll never be tested with what we can't handle (1 Cor 10:13)