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Handling The Negative Aspects Of A Business Recession
By | December 18, 2008
“Simply tell me what you want”
This was my response as someone was telling me all the things they didn’t want. With all the talk and news about the recession and especially its effects on small businesses, I appreciate that its easy to slip into negative thoughts and language.
The problem is, these negative thoughts and focusing on what you don’t want tends to play out in your actions and hence the results you get. In other words, focusing on what you don’t want, brings more of that into your life and therefore your business.
Sometimes these “I don’t want” thoughts are obvious, such as, “I don’t want to see my sales drop again today” or “I don’t want to keep struggling with my business”. These are fairly easy to pick up on.
What can be tougher to pick up on, is the negative thoughts that aren’t so clearly “I don’t wants” but still have the same message. For example, “I’m fed up of waiting for business to increase again” or “why aren’t my staff making more of an effort during these tough times”.
Even though these may be harder to identify, I encourage you to first be aware that they might be there, and then to apply this question to almost any language you use or thoughts you have.
“What do I want?”
Although this question appears very simple, it can be very powerful. Why? Because asking yourself this question takes you away from what you don’t want, which is usually negative, and shifts you to what you do want, giving you a better focus.
Once you know what you do want, you’re now in a much better position to see what actions you can take to fulfill that.
During this recession, you may be facing some fairly tough times in your business and I encourage you to keep looking for the way forward, along with taking the actions to support this. If you believe there is a way for your business to survive this recession, you are more likely to find out. Focusing on getting your business to thrive is another positive step forward.
As you go about your business each day, I invite you to take note of your thoughts, ensure that you are focusing on what you do want and take the actions to make this happen.
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