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Your Success Thought for the Week of February 25, 2009
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A client recently posed the
following questions to me:
"What if these are the best of times and we haven't figured that out yet?
What if five years from now we look
back at the lessons learned in 2009
as
some of the best lessons of all?"
His reasoning:
- I am more confident in my business
strategy. The slowdown gave me time
to focus upon and strengthen it.
- My business is now a fine-tuned machine, whereas
many times we've felt like we were running on empty.
- While hard at first, layoffs have made my
remaining staff more appreciative, motivated and creative.
- My wife and I have turned our television off, having
grown weary of the terrible news.
- Instead we actually talk at the end of the day about such things as travel, dreams
and schemes.
- I spend more quality time with my kids whom
we've steered away from TV, computers and video games.
- I'm teaching my children better wealth
management lessons now than I was one year ago.
- I am exercising more regularly and have made
some cool new friends with similar interests.
- I am more selective of the people with whom I
surround myself, eliminating folks who are obsessed with bad news.
- Overall, my income may not be where I like it
but, funny as it may sound, I feel great!
Oftentimes, what appears to
be the 'worst of times' is actually the best.
Take another client, Kathleen, for example. Years ago, Kathleen was fired from a high
profile job. There was a public outcry,
letters to the editor, loads of blame.
People told her that she
should sue her former employer, due to how unjust and unfair they were. All of this only served to hold Kathleen in a
place of anger and regret. Well-intending
friends were postponing Kathleen's recovery by focusing on the past rather than
what was next for her.
Once Kathleen decided against
the lawsuit, knowing it would keep her in a place of negativity for years, she
was ready to move on. She soon
discovered a completely new professional path that was better suited to her
skills and talents. She doubled her
income the first year and tripled it within five years. And she was happy.
In hindsight, Kathleen
realized just how discontented she was in her previous position but nothing was
bad enough to motivate her to leave. Now,
she considers getting fired the best thing that ever happened to her as it made
her take a deeper look at what she wanted.
97% of the people I've interviewed who have been fired have a similar
story, although they were devastated at first.
This week, and ask yourself
if these are actually some of the best
of times in your life? What is going right for you at the
moment? Are you alive, healthy,
motivated, in love? Are you setting
positive boundaries, appreciating the simple things, getting more creative?
What you focus upon is what you create, so choose wisely.
Life is good. Find
something to celebrate! Help others find
things to celebrate as well. |
Enjoy your discoveries and
have a grand week.
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Your newsletter never ceases to amaze me with timely
wisdom that we
can apply to
so many aspects of our work, play and life.
This week's
hit a home
run. Thank you and best wishes!! ~Kelly Herman, Kelly Herman & Co, Bend, OR
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