January 21, 2020
WHAT THE $%^&!?!” I screamed, as I slammed down the phone receiver. “I HATE THIS!! I CAN’T KEEP DOING THIS CRAP ANYMORE!” Can you say “meltdown”? Yeah, I had one last month. Triggered by technology. The frustrations. The convolutions. The glitches. All of it pulling me away from making money … and all of it costing me time and money. I felt like a little frog who had tried so hard to climb up and out of a well, only to have a pug-nosed kid poke at me with a stick and push me back down. I felt defeat. “Why bother?” I asked myself. “Maybe I should pull back and keep things simple.” Let the pity party begin! (Bring out the cupcakes!) It lasted about 10 minutes, when an unexpected guest arrived: Awareness. She said, “Sure. Go ahead. Retrench. You’ve done that before. You know what’ll happen if you do it again. You’ll amble along. And then you’ll feel stuck. Overwhelmed. And your business won’t grow any further.” “But … but …,” I started to…
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