I’ve said before that our sales training clients are the best. Mainly because of their attitude of abundance. When I watch the news, I get depressed. But when I talk to my clients, I get pumped up.
The grand conclusion came today–a client who owns a medical supply company–said, “I’ve never had so many opportunities–I’m overwhelmed.”
Overwhelmed — In This Economy?
He’s not the only one. I work with an office products supplier (an HP partner). The owner said the same thing. “We had our strongest quarter in two years!”
And how about a local business college that is overwhelmed with opportunities.
So what’s goin’ on here? These three–and others I know–have decided that their fate is in their own hands–not the market’s–not the government’s–not their competitor’s–not the media’s.
Yes, we’re getting shot at from all angles–but it’s our choice of how hard we want to work and how much we want to succeed. It has to do with our sales mind set and sales strategy–not the marketplace.
Economic Slowdowns Create Great Opportunity.
Slowdowns cause fear – but only for the masses. But the elite achiever isn’t afraid at all. In fact, they see opportunities–abundance everywhere they look. Sometimes they have to turn over a few more stones–but it’s there. One thing there is an abundance of in slowdowns is “pain.”
So if you’ve rewired your mind to see yourself as a problem finder (and solver) you’ll do just fine.
But if you’re still out there hawking products–trying to convince and persuade people to buy something from you, then you’re in for a long haul.
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Thank you for a rationale comment in an irrational (herd-mentality) world!
We can thank not only the media–but also the government–for the “lack” programming ingrained in most people today. Just look at the proposed bailout of automakers. What message is that really sending when a government enables and rewards poorly-run businesses? It sets up business owners to have a victim/welfare mindset. And it destroys capitalism. I mean, if a successful business is forced to pay for other businesses run by people who can’t figure out how to manage a company, then what’s the incentive to work hard and smart?
Just look at Southwest: they hedged their fuel buys, provided outstanding service, solved customer problems, and were profitable. They were foreced to unfairly compete with other, poorly-managed, “push-a-service-and-forget-problem-solving” airlines that were given a free pass after 9/11.
Thankfully there are folks like you out there still who “get it,” and realize that we all create our own reality — separate from the economy, the government, and the media.
You’re right about the “lack” programming and the ‘entitlement mindset’. It ends with Govt but begins in our own homes–and soul. The ole ego keeps telling us “trouble!” and we believe it.
All we can do is keep thinking for ourselves and create a tribe of counter-intuitive thinkers. Glad you’re one as well.