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How
worry can make your business more successful!
If all of your internal resources were contained within a
single portfolio, would you invest it in something that would
drain those resources, take huge chunks of your time, diminish
the quality of your life and give you nothing but grief in
return?
No of course not… not consciously. But that's exactly
what you do when you unquestioningly squander your precious
time in worry. Worry can cripple a business simply by diverting
its focus, but you can actually make worry work for you rather
than against you, by using it as a trigger; for example:
Use worry as a trigger to alert you to the fact
that you are living in either the past or the future,
and so are not doing anything useful here and now: Believe
it or not worry only exists outside of the present moment.
See for yourself the next time you are worrying, you'll either
be fretting about what was, or stressing about what isn't
yet. Take a deep breath, come back to the moment, which is
the only place you can actually do anything, and refocus on
what you can do here and now.
Use worry as your trigger to get productive about solutions:
When you feel yourself beginning to worry, realize that you
are focused on what you don't want, and that is rarely helpful.
Change focus to what you do want, then become proactive about
working toward it.
Use worry as a trigger to check your resources: Make
a list of the resources you have to help you with the things
that are concerning you. Whenever you feel worried, check
which of those resources will help you to a solution.
Remember to include friends and family and your own internal
resources as well as the material goods and services you have
access to. Make it a point to add to your list regularly.
When you focus on what you do have and on what you can do,
rather than on what you don't have; and on what you can't
do, you empower rather than dis-empower yourself, and are
then much better equipped to cope with business, and any other
challenges that come your way.
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JOY! is the author of the e-book 'No Worries,
Mate! which details the 'de-worrying process' that took her
from struggling to build a little software support business
from home, to co-owning Australia's largest end-user support
organization. She is teaching the process to American businesses,
who are now using it to achieve success at a number of levels.
For more information or to order the book, which carries a
money-back-guarantee to eliminate worry at its source, go
to www.experiencejoy.com.
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