Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt…
These three words rule the lives of so many people and businesses.
What if we changed all of those questions and statements to:
Subtle difference in verbiage, enormous difference in implication and action possibilities. Notice, none of them say you should absolutely move on, they just all are action oriented to go find more information vs focusing on just the negative outcomes which causes you to keep the status quo. They lead us to a path where we are at least allowing our brains to think through the possibilities of success. Once your awareness is raised to the possibilities, it will crack open the window and the ideas will start to flow. Fear, uncertainty and doubt become hope, possibility and belief.
A lot of my job is being the second set of questions for people. My primary focus at first is to raise the awareness of your mind to the ‘What if it does work’ question and squash the ‘What if it doesn’t’. I push my clients to focus on researching what makes it work and those results versus sitting still based on fear of failure. It becomes laughable when my clients state a negative or a generalization of impossibility, I don’t even have to say it after a while. They hear themselves and immediately correct their thoughts. We are retraining their brain from one of complete skepticism to one of cautious hope. All of my clients are very bright people; they just need someone to help them see through the damper of negativity that our society places on us.
Years ago, a comedian I can’t remember was talking about Mike Tyson. She said that in Tyson’s entourage, he had an employee that did nothing but moral support. His job was to do nothing but tell Tyson how great he was. He would walk behind him constantly screaming, ‘You are the best Mike! You are the champ! No one can beat you! You are invincible!’ Mind you I have not verified this, but either way, the idea holds true. How nice would it be if you had someone like this? How many of you have quite the opposite in fact in your life right now? What could you accomplish if you had someone in your corner telling you how talented and good you are. Positive thinking is an amazingly powerful thing. What if you had a resource at your fingertips that new you, your business and your goals? Someone to hold you accountable to your commitments and dreams as well as pull you back to earth at times to be sure you don’t spin out of control. Welcome to my world…
Replace fear, uncertainty and doubt with hope possibility and belief. What do you know in your heart you and your company can accomplish? Pardon my Texas slang, but stop saying I wish I hadda’ and start saying I am gonna.
One of my favorite lines: Two buzzards sat on a fence. One said to the other, ‘The hell with this waitin’ for somethin’ to die! Let's go kill something!’
The results you want are out there, let me help you find them…