Five ways to avoid hitting your ‘resistance walls’ at work and home
Dear Money Lady Readers, Sometimes people hit their “wall of resistance” and want to quit, especially now in a downturned economy. Is your dog sick, kids sick, you're sick? Your car broke down, you're too tired?
Honestly, the world isn't interested in the “storms you're encountering,” they only care if you brought the boat!
The reality is the world is pitiless to your problems. I know that sounds harsh but, it's so true.
If you want to be in business for yourself or to keep your job, you have to keep your promises, even when it's hard to do so.
You must show up for work, even when you don't feel like it. You must serve your clients, markets, and sell your products and services, maintain your website, write your blogs, post on Facebook and other social media, go to networking meetings, pay your bills, save money, pay your mortgage, take care of your kids, feed your pets, ad infinitum. Then rinse and repeat.
Suck it up, buttercup! All the excuses in the world won't excuse you from your responsibilities. If you fail to run your business profitably and responsibly – well, your business will fail.
The fact is, everyone cries in the night, has a sick relative, a career failure, gets overcommitted, or runs out of time or money. Your job is to manage it.
It's human nature to want to “drop out” on something. Success takes work. We all know: “If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.”
WORK RESISTANCE
Here are the top five ways to not hit your work-resistance wall:
1. Choose to work with clients and partners that are respectful, kind, and helpful. It's impossible to stay happy when surrounded by angry, whiny, and complaining people.
2. Don't overwhelm yourself with too many projects. You can't be happy when you're too tired.
3. Pick a niche market and grow your business in it.
4. Know your limitations. Not everyone can be number one. Smaller can be happier.
5. Live within your means or create better means. Always keep a budget for business and life.
LIFE RESISTANCE
Here are the top 5 ways to not hit your life-resistance wall:
1. Watch the news in small doses (not every day). If it's on TV, it's going to be negative and depressing.
2. Love people more. Everyone secretly wants more love from you.
3. Have a passionate hobby and make time for it (something separate from your daily routine).
4. Do something fun every season. Go on an adventure, camping, dancing, walk around a museum, go to the opera, or have people over for a special dinner.
5. Limit your mindless social media consumption and limit your comparisons to others. This habit lowers your self-esteem, your self-worth, and your self-confidence.
The ultimate purpose in life is to be happy. The ultimate purpose of our spirit is to help others to be happy too. Good luck and best wishes, Money Lady