All of the things you have or have not accomplished in your life up until this point, has been preparation for what is to come. If you have experienced success in your chosen field, congratulations! If you are currently struggling, the good news is that your future success depends on what you do from today forward.
If you tried something and it didn’t work the way you wanted it to, did you fail? Or did you just figure out one of the ways to not make it work? When that method didn’t work, did you try another method or just give up? More importantly, did you enlist the help of someone who is successful at what you are working towards?
I’m pretty successful in the entertainment business. I say this because my dancing business is consistently profitable. I’ve been pretty successful with trading because my portfolio is UP despite the now official BEAR MARKET declared by CNBC yesterday. I’m successful with my group fitness classes because my classes are always full and usually 30% of the participants are men (do you know how hard it is to convince straight men to put down the weights and take a yoga class?)
I didn’t get there because I’m super-awesome. I got there because I remained coachable. The bear market of 2002 was really hard for me. We were living in San Francisco, and I was drinking a lot. I didn’t have to worry about DUI since my car had been repossessed in my bankruptcy. I took a cab home every night. At times I thought it would be better to use my Masters Degree and get a job teaching school. Then I looked at the payscale for 4 years experience and MA plus 15 credits and realized we couldn’t make it on $37K.
Moving to Arizona was the best decision we made. It gave me a new environment and I met my stripper mentor at Christie’s. Even though I had been dancing for 4 years, Cinnamon taught me more than I knew existed about the industry. AZ had a different hustle than SF and Las Vegas. She taught me how to strategically work the floor, criss crossing from one far corner to the other. The best piece of advice she gave me was, “They’ve known you for 6 months. I’ve been here since the early 90′s. Who do you think they trust? Give it time, and the money will come.” And it did. The other night Renee and I stood watching two of the pretty new faces trying unsuccessfully to sell a dance with the “wanna dance?” technique. When that didn’t work, they slumped into a stool at the bar. We went over and got a few dances.
If you think you know it all, then your business has no where left to go. I’m always open to learning new techniques. In fact I’m going to MarkAccetta’s Weekend Acceleration training in Las Vegas in two weeks. Just from using the basic info I gleaned from his Personality Profiling test I’ve been able to see an improvement in my businesses! I can’t WAIT for the in depth course!