Marketing is a mindset, all actions begin as thoughts. The
better your thoughts, the better your actions.
I was stuck by an article on my feed this week called 7
habits of chronically unhappy people. You can’t have a positive life surrounding
yourself in negativity. So I took the liberty of applying these traits to your
work life for some inspiration.
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1. Your default belief is life is hard. Unhappy
people see themselves as victims. If only I worked in a better salon, if only I
was in a bigger town. Yes building and sustaining a business is not easy, but
thousands of techs do it. How? Find a way to persevere. Take responsibility for
where you are right now and focus on where you want to be. Figure out the steps
to take and take one step at a time to get you there.
2.
2. You believe most people can’t be trusted. Unhappy
people can become an island not networking with anyone else, cutting themselves
off from community. Reach out and meet new people, develop new networks and
your business can’t help but grow.
3.
3. You concentrate on what’s wrong in the world
instead of what’s right. I made the conscious decision years ago to stop
watching the news. If you can’t change it why put it in your head. So what do
you love about your business? Your skill set? Concentrate on that.
4. 4. You compare yourself to others and harbor jealousy.
This is a bit of a repeat from last week, which tells me my thoughts are on
target. What’s meant for you can never be taken by another. No one else’s
success diminishes your own. Believe you carry your own unique GPS that leads
you and keeps you on track. Comparing yourself to others is wasted energy so
believe in your unlimited possibilities. There are plenty of clients out there
just for you.
5.
5. You strive to control your life. You are manager
of the universe. Happy people have goals and work on them but understand they
can’t control everything life throws at them. Sometimes happy accidents are
there for you to go with the flow. Take the detour and create new
possibilities.
6. 6. You consider your future with worry and
fear. Not one more day was granted
anyone through worry. Consider all the thoughts you have renting space in your
head and give those negative ones an eviction notice. Are there actions you can
take from preventing what is worrying you to happen? Then take them, if not don’t
let fear take the reins. Think of all that could go right and give fear and
worry the boot.
7.
7. You fill your conversations with gossip and
complaints, another repeat from last week, confirmation. Don’t live in the past
and fill your conversations with life’s hardships. I heard it once said you can
visit pity city but you can’t move in. Can we always be upbeat and positive all
the time? Certainly not, but the next time you want to wallow remember those
people in your life that are always complaining and ask yourself, would you
want to be around someone like that? Clients come to us to unburden themselves,
take time out of their world. The last thing they need is to be dumped on. Have
a positive energy that’s contagious, live in the here and now and dream about
your bright future. Be an inspiration that others want to be around. Because
smart thinking is smart marketing.
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