When Steven Pressfield’s book, The Legend Of Bagger Vance, was made into a movie, he felt it was a good book, but a poor movie.
& he was right…
The movie was not well received.
Pressfield was asked how he dealt with the public’s criticisms- ripping up his baby he’d worked so hard to create, but was not represented well on the big screen.
He said he’d failed so many times that he learned & lives by one simple rule:
“Don’t wait…”
By the time the movie was released, he was already 800 pages deeply consumed into writing another book…. so it didn’t matter what others were saying because Pressfield had already moved on.
In an interview with Brian Koppleman, Pressfield said good actors & actresses do the same thing. They don’t stand around waiting to see how a movie is received, hell by the time the movie comes out, they’ve already shot 3 or 4 other movies. They’re continuously building & capitalizing on momentum.
Artists move on…
So should you…
The reason why you tank emotionally & lose your mojo is because you’re waiting for a certain result.
You’re waiting to see your shot go in & when it doesn’t…
..result in an appointment…
…result in a sale…
…result in a share, retweet, or positive comment…
When it doesn’t result in an outcome that you were hoping for-because you were just standing around, waiting for that one and only…
You crash & quit.
You didn’t make the deal, get the job, get a return phone call, loan, nor weight loss goal.
Shoot your shot & don’t wait…
Whether it be a showing, post, blog, video, podcast, presentation, interview…whatever…
Put that shit out there and move on…
So if (& when) you don’t get the results you busted your ass for, you’re already 3-4 efforts deeply insulated into your next things.
Stay in The Sales 💪ife.
~marsh
The Sales Life with Marsh Buice 