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There’s no question we all have our down moments. Hip hop artist Jeezy was supposed to be on Beyonce’s song, Drunk in Love. Jeezy normally prepares for studio sessions, but when he got the call, he just showed up and freestyled his lyrics.
When the song was released, he wasn’t on it. “Sorry, I couldn’t use it, ” came the words from Jay Z.
“I missed my shot,” thought Jeezy.
Did he get down? “No. Actually it woke me up,” he said.
Jeezy realized he’d gotten comfortable and gotten away from the techniques that created his success. He wasn’t taking it as serious as he once did and because he was hanging out with the legends of the industry, he’d thought he’d arrived and could just wing it.
Negative moments can get you down…or they can wake you up.
You can get down…just don’t let them weigh you down.
Because what starts off as a moment of failing becomes a monument of failure.
The down moments should be mile markers in your life-checkpoints to adjust your pace, not millstones to weigh you down.
Things are going to get you down, but don’t let them take you down.
In reality the moments are doing you a favor-they call you out, wake you & shake you up.
When the customer-the one you’ve sold their whole family to comes back in and buys, but it’s not from you-as a matter of fact, they didn’t even ask for you. You can get mad, pissed off, throw things, burn off, and threaten to quit…
Or you can use it as a wake up call because you deep down you know you haven’t been maintaining the relationship and staying top of mind. It’s not your customers’ job to remember you, it’s your job to make sure they never forget you.
These moments are trying to wake you up to say that you’ve got to tighten up.
When you look how far you’ve slipped it can get overwhelming. “Where do I start,” you ask.
You start.
Instead of wasting days to trying to get over it, use the moments to learn and grow through it.
Heart attacks are wake up calls. \
Injuries are wake up calls.
Bankruptcy is a wake up call.
A breakup from BooBoo is wake up call.
COVID-19, demotion, and termination are all wake up calls.
I had a buddy of mine swing by my office the other day. Come to find out, he’d been terminated due to the COVID crises. Initially he was pissed off, but after he cooled down, he used the moment as a wake up call. The owner did him a favor. No longer was he stuck, he could pursue something he’d been delaying for years.
Down moments are a part of life.
Do you want to win or succeed? Most say they want to win, but I’d rather succeed. Because winning is one outcome, but what happens when I pour my all into something and I don’t win? If my only option was to win, then I’d probably quit.
I’d rather succeed because success has multiple scenarios. In those scenarios are wins, losses, blow ups, near misses wake ups, and shakeups, but collectively I’ll succeed.
See, I won’t always win, but I can ultimately succeed.
Here’s your TSL action item of the day.
- Name a moment that was very tough for you. Maybe you haven’t even gotten over it.
- How will you use it as a wake up call? This is tough because it takes ownership, but it’s necessary to grow forward.
- Email me @ thesaleslife1@gmail.com
You can get down, just don’t let it take you down.
**Note these are the show notes, but I riff more on the podcast. Check it out by searching The Sales Life Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.
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