Last night, after coming down off my sales high and slumping back into my pit of self-doubt and worry about the company, I came to a pretty significant revelation. In short, I don't know how to fail so why am I so convinced that this business will?
Let me explain. Of course there have been things in my life that I've failed at (golf being one of the first to come to mind) but in reality whenever I've really put my mind to something I've made a success of it (success of course being a relative term). Most importantly, I was an athlete growing up and competed at a pretty high level. In all of that I would have good days and bad days but I ALWAYS had the mental strength and fortitude to continue on regardless of what happened. I never once went into a competition thinking that I was going to fail regardless who I was up against. I ALWAYS went into everyday with the mindset that I was going to give it my own best. I continue to do this now in my current chosen sport and regardless of the how the day goes I stick to the rule I initiated as a young 10-year-old: "You Never Cry On Deck"
My revelation was that I obviously still have that emotional strength within me but lately with the business I feel like I'm setting myself up for mental failure before anything even happens. Yes I want success (again, being relative) but before I can achieve that success I have to remember that I refuse to know how to fail. Simply, I refuse to fail. Yes, my game plan and strategy may change from time to time but that's just smart business sense and keeping an eye on the changing marketplace.
So here it is, I refuse to fail. I KNOW that what I'm doing is so different from so many of my competitors on so many levels so I just need to HTFU (a nod to any slowtwitchers - to those who may not be, basically I need to "harden up") and get the job done!
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