A Crisis of Confidence
Thursday, September 18th 2008 @ 7:11 AM (not yet rated)
As I picked up the newspaper off the driveway today, I saw the headline, A SINKING FEELING and a picture of a man with his head in his hands. Funny, I felt really happy up until seeing that. I had gone and worked out early, stopped at Starbuck’s, had my favorite chai, and seen a full moon in the blue morning sky.
How often during the course of a day are we bombarded with messages of fear that try to derail us? The mind (as known as your funky monkey) loves bad news, doom and gloom so it can throw a pity party. The party starts like this: “Of course I don’t have any business, the financial markets are crashing.” Your mind starts scanning for more bad news to justify that SINKING FEELING to prove you are just a victim of circumstances.
Marketing folks and the media know this is how the funky monkey works. They know that they can sell more newspapers and get higher television ratings if they produce fear based, drama filled stories.
You have a choice today as to whether you will live in this world of fear as a victim, or whether you will elevate yourself and those around you by being responsible.
Responsible means you are where you are because you put yourself there. In my real estate practice, I hear plenty of doom and gloom, and yet I just checked the statistics this morning and guess what? 29 homes went under contract yesterday. While that figure is much lower than last year, houses are still selling. SOMEBODY made a commission yesterday!
Many of you have a business or are in sales. Are you projecting confidence to your clients or are you projecting resignation to outside circumstances? Who would you be if you gave up the thought that you are powerless under the weight of the headlines? Would you be choosing your thoughts today? Would you be excited to create something new? Would you stop the pity party? What if you had been on vacation and didn’t know any of the economic news? You would probably be happily doing business and oblivious to the paralysis that comes from the place of fear.
Remember: What you focus your thoughts on is what you attract. Start with new intentions today and let’s go on vacation from the news! Woo Hoo!
“Consolation”, from the book Honeybee
a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye
This morning the newspaper
Was too terrible to deliver
So the newsboy just pitched out
A little sheaf of Kleenex
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