A blitz is an aggressive play. It’s a frontal attack in action against a quarterback and it dictates the tempo of the play. A blitz forces a quarterback to make a swift decision under pressure. The blitz forces adjustments.
Even though blitzes exist only in football, you can be blitzed in your life and business as well. Just as defensive players rush the quarterback, circumstances or people can blitz, or rush in; catching you off guard and causing you to make swift decisions under pressure. A blitz might even hit your blindside and you’re sacked.
Some blitzes that might come your way are financial setbacks, health concerns, negative family members who don’t support your vision, well-meaning friends who don’t understand your chosen path, or perhaps a series of unexpected events that seek to derail you from achieving your goals.
What can you do to prepare for the blitzes of life and, more importantly, how can you successfully make a blitz adjustment? After all, just like football, life is a head game and it’s in your attitude that you’ll win or lose.
The Blitz Adjustment – A blitz adjustment requires a quarterback to go to the hot receiver. Who’s your hot receiver? Your wife? Your husband? A trusted colleague? A pastor? Take the time to develop and build strong relationships with key people in your life and you will never lack for a hot receiver who has your back in times of need. Be that person for others too.
Call an Audible – If a quarterback sees the defense aligned for a blitz, he can call an audible at the line. If you see circumstances stacked against you, it’s up to you to recognize if they’re simply distractions, an all-out assault on your peace of mind, or specifically sent to you to teach you how to deal with this particular life formation. Sometimes, it calls for speaking positive life and words into the situation and looking for the good in it…and there’s good in every situation if you look hard enough. Other times, it’s a call to prayer and surrendering the circumstance to a Power beyond your own. For me, it’s God Himself who reveals His power and peace in the midst of challenging times, through His Word.
Pick up the Blitz – Good field vision is essential for picking up the blitz. For the business person, when life blitzes come your way, it means seeing the big picture, the end result. It means being proactive in creating solutions, not being reactionary and feeling victimized. An offensive lineman must have quick feet and be bent at the knees so he can create more force toward the blitz. Your mental and emotional ability to pick up an oncoming life blitz will make the difference between you going to the next level or simply settling for the status quo.
You can’t always predict when blitzes will come…but they will come. However, being prepared with mental toughness and emotional resolve will determine what a powerful internal force you can possess when life blitzes come your way. Even though a life blitz might force an adjustment, you’ll be prepared because you will have developed strong relationships along the way, you’ll know how to speak powerful words of life into the situation, and you’ll be proactive in creating positive solutions.
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