Dealing with Worry

Have you ever had one of those days as a business owner where you got so worried about making enough money that you were ready to give up and get a job?  That happened to me recently.  And really, I have NO desire to work for someone else, it was just a very challenging day.  But the most wonderful thing happened.  Sugata (my husband) and I had a call with his business coach (KC Hildreth) and ended up realizing what a great lesson had come my way.

You see one of the things that has most killed my business growth from the beginning was worry.  Can you even count the number of times that you started worrying – if your service or product was good enough, if you were ever going to thrive as a business owner, if you were not cut out for this, if you had too many blocks to success, etc.?  Well I have had those thoughts in the past myself and they took up an inordinate amount of time and energy!  So often when we get into a worry mode, our fear rises and we then spend all our time trying to cope with our feelings rather than moving forward.  I’m sure if you’ve been there you’ll know how true this is.

So KC was coaching us on business development and he said when it comes to sales success, a tiny percent of sales people account for the vast majority of sales in any industry.  Why?  Because those few people have figured out how to deal with worry.  They recognize that it is there, and then get back to what they can control… which is to call the next customer or take the next action.  Imagine if you only gave worry 1 hour of space in an entire month and the rest of the time you remembered to just move forward and take the next step, having faith that your energy was best spent there.

When he said it, I knew it was true.  I swear it is that simple.

PS – and if you are so in worry that you can’t function.  Just take the first action needed to calm yourself down – call a friend, cry until you are done, write out your worries and then let them go, take a walk, eat an ice cream cone… you get the picture.  (Think how it is like not giving into a 3 year-old’s tantrum). Be loving, but no coddling!