Perspective

My daughter lost her music notebook that she writes and maintains after every class. She has been doing it for 8 years. This book helps her to remember the class lessons and comes in handy during practice sessions. She panicked when she came to know that she lost it. As parents we all shared the same concerns she had. I replayed one of Stephen Covey's habits asking her to look at the "circle of influence not the circle of concern". What best we can do if that is not there.

She called up her teacher to let her know that this happened and she has to rewrite all the notes. Her teacher's immediate reaction was "Wow! it is lost? Good for you!. You will now do better as you will be creative and try to do on your own instead of reproducing what I taught you!!."

Look at the perspective.