I was recently lucky enough to be invited to speak to a group of small business owners in Ireland and, like a lot of countries today this beautiful place is going through the recession still and it is quite noticeable in some areas.
A couple of things discussed were how to change the way we think, and an example of this could be, you have always worked in retail and after losing your job you are struggling to replace that job with another one in the same sector, doing the same thing you have always done.
Changing the way we think is not an easy process, but critical if you are going to move on in life, whether you own your own business or work for someone else. How do we begin to change the way we think?
First and foremost you have to BELIEVE in yourself, you might benefit from a course on self-esteem and also working on getting to know yourself with a self-awareness course.
Know that change is a process and you have to WANT to change in order to be successful in creating those changes you want to make in your life.
Change can take TIME, and is a work in progress, but once set in motion you are able to move forward whilst still working on the changes you feel are beneficial to you.
Be OPEN to listening to others, knowing how other people worked on the changes in their lives, helps you realize you are not alone.
BELIEVE(ing) in YOU
WANT(ing) for YOU
TIME(ing) for YOU
OPEN(ing) a new chapter in YOUR life
4 important factors that can change your life forever, if you want to change your life.
When I realized I had to change my life, for me, for the better and for my future, I had a struggle working out what my skill-set was, in fact I believed I had no skill-set. This lack of belief could have held me back but I gave it a go and jumped in head first after deciding the time was right, NOW, not tomorrow, but now right at this minute!
I had been working in retail, hospitality, and customer service, sounds OK, selling shoes, cleaning in a hotel and selling vacuums, jobs anyone could do, or so I was told. Being honest when I look back now I KNOW that these jobs are jobs many people make a success of and ultimately can make you financially stable.
Where customer service is involved I am and have always been excellent, but I knew that selling shoes and working for a management that did not respect or care about employees was something I was unhappy about. Selling I have always found difficult and still did, until I realized whether you are selling vacuums or a service such as speaking at events, we are selling the person we are not the product or service. If we build relationships with our customers and get to know them, in time they will buy from us, they will become our customers.
We have to WANT to change the way we think.
Once my audience in Ireland came to terms with the fact they have to take ownership, they CAN change the way they think, they CAN build their own small business if they truly BELIEVE, the understood the process of CHANGE. I am a leader, and I lead by example, if I had not been through the process of CHANGE many times, and if I had not built two small successful businesses then maybe I would not be the right person to talk about this. But I have been through CHANGE so I can relate to my audience and they know if I did it they can too!
Change the way think and see where this takes you.
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