One of the MOST important lessons of all time
Here’s an important lesson that helped moved my business even in the dark times that we are experiencing. If you get this, it will totally change your perspective on things.
What do I mean by this?
In the current economic situation we are facing, listen to what people are saying. What are their minds thinking about most of the time? Is there brightness of the future or is it dominated by doom and gloom?
I recently had a tea session with a business friend of mine and he lamented that things were going to get worse from Oct 2008. He painted an extremely bleak picture and was rather despondent on what is to come, eg. further lay offs, his company diving into the red and looking at ways how to cut his business cost. His mind was the impending doom and he basically focused on how bad the situation was.
He asked me, “How about you? How are you doing now?”
I told him that I was fine; in a position that was much better than I was last year.
I totally agree with him that times are bad and some of my clients have already cut back their training budgets. This affected me. However, I told him that this economic crisis was interpreted differently from me.
I choose not to stumble to all the negativity and decided that I had personal responsibility in deciding how I should react to the bad news.
I chose to spend even more money in advertising this year and started to work with strategic partners in pushing out programs. We also started explaining to companies how we could help their employees be resourceful in their work. This lead to over 9 clients meeting up with me over a span of 1 month, indicating interest in spending on my programs.
I choose to focus on abundance even during this period, because companies need help in getting their employees to stay motivated and start generating profits, even if they are not sales people.
I choose to see the dark times as an opportunity to evaluate what are the inefficient things that have plagued my company that I want to eliminate them.
What we focus on in times like this is really important. This is not just positive thinking but actually focusing on what we have influence over and doing something about it. I cannot change the economy, but I can change the way I make my company grow. For employees, are you afraid of the lay-offs that are happening? Can I urge you to add more value to your organisation, till the extend that there is really no fear of being fired simply because you are too valuable.
So… what are you focusing on right now? Possibilities or Limitations?
Kenneth’s notes: I actually hang the flipchart on my side of my office to remind myself to focus correctly. This keeps me focused in what I should be doing. Why don’t you try it?
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Hey Kenneth,
This is like NLP, how we program our brains to think will affect how our lives will turn out!
totally agree with what u said
Thanks for yr wonderful sharing!
Let us focus on what we want & what we can do always!
Yeah!
Hey Kenneth,
Indeed this is timely reminder to focus on our goals and missions, and not dwell on bad situations. Thanks for your encouragement, AHo!
Hi Kenneth, I agree with what you said.
If we focus on the bad, it gets worse. No matter how bleak the future seems, no matter how bad its gonna be, we need to look forward as well as doing the best that we can always.
Cheers!
Hi Kenneth,
Both hands and both legs up on agreeing with what you said. My retail business is badly affected by the downturn…..but instead of spending time lamenting the bad times, I start to generate ideas on launching even more promotions for my business and I am definitely sure that I will see the results soon…..
I believe in Focus and its ability to tilt the Law of Universal Balance to one’s favor through the Law of Attraction. When one Focus, things just happen their way, putting him on the right track, affirm his direction and align his goals and personal belief.
He who wanted to do something but could not perform the Act itself is usually not inspired nor determined enough to, which in both cases, lacks of and do not understand the one most important thing – Focus.
Hello,
if you do remember me, i came to your doorstep to sell you pay-tv on a afternoon months ago.
Interesting valuable lessons to be shared in what majority do not see.
Nice sharing, cheers =)
Hi Kenneth,
Focusing on the light of the stars is much better than to be overwhelmed by the darkness of night.
Cheers
Whatever we focus on is bound to expand. Where we see the negative, we call forth more negative. And where we see the positive, we call forth more positive. Having loved and lost, I now love more passionately. Having won and lost, I now win more soberly. Having tasted the bitter, I now savor the sweet.
~ Marianne Williamson
To focus is to be in the present. But i am more inclined to say what you devote yourself to, expands and manifest to higher realms of your consciousness. Focus is the starting point.
Don’t think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.
~ Lao-tzu
Thanks Dude….
I would like to share a poem with you.
Person who thinks “I can”
If you think you are beaten you are,
If you think you dare not you don’t,
If you’d like to win but think you can’t its almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose,your lost;
For out in the world we find success,
begins with a person’s will its all in the state of mind.
Lifes battles don’t always go to the strongest or fastest hand,
but sooner or later the person who wins is the person who thinks I CAN