Attitude is everything
No question that self esteem, self perception, self confidence colors our entire life experience.
As I talk to Clients about their plans for next year the ones with strong self esteem talk about the good things that happened this year, even if it was a slower year for them. They anticipate next year being better although they do plan to watch their expenses just in case.
The ones who struggle with their self esteem talk about the disappointments from last year even though they had some stellar successes. They mention the successes with apathy and the disappointments with passion. For example, “Oh yeah, I did list that subdivision and half of them sold. I am sure the other half will sell. But I am really concerned about not getting my mailings out. I saw another past Client’s home come up for sale and it just eats me up inside. I know I should be doing…” Blah, blah, blah.
I tell them to stop “shoulding” on themselves.
Focus on the successes and overcoming the disappointments is easy from a technical getting it done point of view. As long as we can overcome all the emotional value that makes the disappointments so rewarding (some of you may not understand that, particularly the ones suffering from it).
I love them all. Getting a highly successful person to places they have never been is rewarding and fun. Getting a struggling individual to shift their life is amazing and rewarding.
We all have to take time to create a good business plan for the year and some more than others need to make part of that business plan to shift from a “glass half empty” to a “glass half full” mindset.
It does make a difference, a big difference.
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