Joe da Silva | Speaker | Trainer | Coach
~ If you are no better tomorrow than you were yesterday, then you've wasted today.
“To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.” So said author Alan Cohen. This passage is about the flexibility of not only mindset but also willingness to embrace ‘change.’ After all, change is the price of learning. However, change is also resisted quite vigorously by not only leaders but also by their followers.
In speaking with entrepreneurs, the picture that is portrayed is a hurried individual doing a multitude of tasks and yet at the end of the day, they have accomplished absolutely nothing. Then they become depressed and desponded in the lack of the success in their business. This information comes from the Networking events I attend, as well as entrepreneurs that join The Action Suite. However, as those that did join The Action Suite found, it doesn’t have to be this way.
Hard to believe, but yes, we have reached that point where it is not only the end of the second quarter but half of the year is gone. That may be the bad news for some. The good news is that we still have half a year to go. How are we going to make the next half even better than the first?
Arithmophobia is defined as a fear of numbers. Like a lot of other phobias, it can stem from a traumatic past life experience. Such as, not being good at math in school, or failing that very important exam that was the difference between moving on, or staying back. There could have been a punishment or ridicule because of the results that you got when it came to dealing with numbers.
Recently in a session of The Action Suite, we discussed the ‘art of losing.’ You may ask: “Why would we ever do a session on losing and compound that by calling ‘losing’ an art form?” There are many reasons.
The last time someone asked you: “What do you do?” How did you answer? If you got an answer such as “Oh.” In all likelihood, they did not resonate with you and that individual has officially tuned out. The reasons are many such as: no need, no interest or even, no money. However, it could also be that you verbally ‘vomited’ all over them and now they are just looking for an escape route to get away from you.
