Loading ...Check your Attitude at the door.
- Check Your Attitude
Everything you accomplish in life is a direct result of your attitude. If you go through life with a “Man I have a crappy life” attitude, that is exactly what you will have. It is apparent to me, as a small business owner, that I can’t have that attitude or myself and my business won’t succeed. What do you do when times are tough like they are now? What do you do when that phone is not ringing and business is not coming through the door? The answer is easy. You change your thoughts and you change your attitude. You dig deep down inside yourself and do what ever is necessary to succeed. No matter what life throws at you, you can overcome it with the right attitude and right state of mind.
I know your probably saying, “Well Mr Savvy, what should I do to get the business I need?” Well here you go, and in no particular order
1) Network with living breathing people. Online networking is great and very important, but if you have a brick and mortar business it’s not enough. Attend local events in your area for small business. Hell maybe speak at one.
2) Keep in contact with your past customers. My motto is, “If they bought from you once, they will buy from you again”. Unless, of course, you had a shitty attitude.
3) Give time to your community. Is there a homeless shelter in your town? How about Habitat for Humanity? Visit a nursing home and talk with the elderly to see how they’re doing. When you give like this, it is very humbling, and you see that what you have is far greater than a lot of others. When you do these things you become a better part of your community, and people will respect that and want to do business with you, mark my words.
Any successful person you meet, any self help book you read will tell you the same thing, “you are who you think you are”. If your a business owner and you have a shitty attitude you can bet your customer service is shitty, and if your customer service is Shitty… well then customer loyalty is gone. I’m writing this because I want you to check your attitude and see what it is you could do different. I know we all have our moments, God knows I have mine, but if we are constantly aware of our thoughts, we can change them for the better.
