Play It Cool

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

I have been enjoying some time off with my family.  It was a long week and we just needed sometime together this weekend.  It was amazing to watch my children’s eyes light up this weekend just doing simple quiet things together this weekend.  It never amazes me the lesson that my children will teach me when I stop and take a moment with them.

Sometimes just the simplest of things can make your day.  I know that a lot of marketers are getting frustrated online because of something that happened in their business that day.  I have learned this lesson from my children that sometimes you just have to let stuff go.  I mean you can watch them fight with each other and in two seconds later it meant nothing and they are hugging and playing again.

It is being able to become emotionally detached from things going on that really does not change the facts.  The facts for them is that they are siblings and because they have to live with each other at the end of the day.  There really is not time to hold a grudge.

There is not time to be emotionally attached in your business either.  If you become emotionally attached to the outcome then you cannot step back and make decisions based on what your business needs and not what emotions are involved.  You have to be able to unplug your emotions when it comes to business.

So what does this mean?  It means you cannot be worried if you are paying for advertising and it does not get results for a while.  You cannot be tied up in the fact that so and so said they were going to sign up under you and they have not yet.  Or they chose someone else.  If you did that one you would not be focus on the things that are going to make you successful.  And two you really do not want to put yourself through that much stress; it detracts you from what you should be doing.

It was also something I heard from Mike Hobbs one of the industry leaders last week.  You just cannot get emotionally attached to the outcome.  It just does not work.  If you do you will lose, but if you set it and let it do its thing whether it works or not the outcome will be positive.

No matter what you think learning to make decisions not based on emotion where you business is concerned will help you tremendously.  This does not mean lose passion or compassion for others.  It just means to not get so tied up in the outcomes.  Stop watching your email inbox and refreshing 10 in an hour and stop thinking if only this will ….  You can fill in the blanks.

This is Gen saying see you on the top. I am off to snuggle my son and get some sleep.

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