Do your monthly numbers make you feel like poop? Is there a gnawing business situation that seems like Groundhog Day?
Listen to this…
Years ago, I was right in the middle of watching American Idol and my stomach began cramping. I thought it must be a gassy tummy and assumed it’d go away shortly. I was wrong. I barely slept a wink that night because of the intense pain.
I had a very important list of tasks for the business that needed to be done the following day, but they had to be chucked out the window. I couldn’t focus or tap into my creativity with the doubling-over pain.
I called one of my babysitters to come over that night to help with the kids because my mate was working late. Thirty minutes before her scheduled arrival time, she had to cancel. I wanted to cry. I called the rest of my tribe for help, and everyone was unavailable.
There was only one thing left to do … make peace with my situation.
At the time, I had a three-year-old who never stopped talking and a one-year-old whose main mission was to climb up to high places that made me fear for his life. There was no way I could chase my baby or even lift him up. Plus, I had a raging headache. The pain was so bad that the odds of us all surviving the night were slim.
But the oddest thing happened.
Once I surrendered to having to take care of them while crazy sick, things went pretty smoothly. More smoothly than any evening I remember. My oldest son fetched me anything I asked for, kept hugging and kissing me, and was simply an angel.
It’s the same strategy I used the year prior in the final quarter of 2011 to create my most profitable year yet. And that’s saying a lot because it didn’t look like I was even going to reach six figures at the end of August that year.
My knee-jerk reaction was to panic. But I know that never helps.
I decided to make 100% peace with my pitiful numbers.
I even stopped caring about sales. If people bought from me, great. If they didn’t, then that was fine, too. I really trusted that somehow, some way, my finances would turn around.
And they did.
Not only did they skyrocket, but it happened lickety-split. Once the money began to pile up, I began asking for more. I wanted to stay in appreciation, but I wanted this to be more than a one-time avalanche of extreme prosperity.
Here’s what I noticed about my mindset on the way to prosperity…
I wasn’t afraid that my good luck would leave, but I was also at peace if it did.
As I released the negative emotions I had around money, my financial situation began to flip.
I promise there was no other secret marketing strategy.
My secret is making peace with wherever I’m at, especially when things aren’t going my way.
Making peace doesn’t mean you have to like what’s happening.
It doesn’t mean you settle for less than what you want or decide, Welp, I guess this is as good as it gets.
It means you stop fighting with what’s true right now.
Okay, these are my numbers.
This launch didn’t go the way I wanted.
I don’t have as many clients as I want.
This is where I am right now. And I’m not going to beat myself up or freak the freak out about it.
Because once you stop arguing with what is, you can put your energy toward what you want next.
It’s not really a secret. It just challenges your business mind to believe that making peace could be the thing that shifts you out of scarcity and back into possibility.
You may default to mega action when money is needed. And the action is usually driven by the same energy that created the mess in the first place… stress!
I also have to continuously make peace with the fact that I am the creator of the messes in my life. Often, that’s the hardest pill to swallow.
But once I do, I feel good again.
Back in my power and having fun.
Where in your business or finances are you fighting with what is?
What would it look like to make 100% peace with it?
You’d have to give up judgment and shame. And please don’t try to make it mean something about you or your future.
Then ask yourself…
Now that I’m not fighting with where I am, what would I LOVE to create from here?
Making peace isn’t giving up on what you want.
It’s giving up the fight with where you are so you can have a whole lot more fun creating where you’re going.