If You Don’t Like Yourself – How Do You Expect Your Customers to Like You Back?

I got to this video from Emanuel Rosen’s Facebook post this morning.  If you’re not familiar with Emanuel Rosen, he’s the author and guru of all things “Buzz”.

It’s only 45 seconds long – but WOW – it’s the most engaging powerful 45 seconds of pure self-expressed joy I’ve seen in a long time.

It made me think of how attractive your business could be if you approached each day with this much self-expression and gratitude.  And it reminded me how often we approach the day complaining about those pesky “customers” who keep you from doing what you really think you should be doing or want to be doing.

If that’s the case for you?  Then it’s time for a mental and strategic re-set — don’t you think?

Here’s an exercise I just learned that has really helped me get out of my funks and into a more powerful and engaging business attitude:

1. Find a friend or business associate you can talk to openly.  Look for a person who won’t be swayed by your negative attitude and will be there to simply listen and ask good questions such as “what are you thinking? How does your body feel right now?   What’s your attitude about this?”  The objective is to get you to spill everything out into the open.  If you don’t have that person available – you can do one of two things — close your office door and just talk to yourself ( you’d have to be pretty secure to do that) or simply write it all down on a piece of paper.  But really write it all down until you are empty and have nothing more to say about the topic.
2. When you are done and have nothing more to say, you will notice an empty space.  Wait for it .  Because if you don’t — you could miss it.  The mental chatter will come back and if it does – keep talking and writing.  When it’s done – you will be able to create and choose a better way to be.

That’s all there is — if you’re wondering how you will know that you are in a better place — just take another 45 seconds and watch this video — that’s what it looks like.

Don’t settle for less.