Making a way out of no way!
John Maxwell says that failing is not so bad and that when you fall on your face you’ll get up 6 feet closer to your goal or destination. I agree with the former pastor and now motivational business guru!
My story is a wonderful example of how that is true and was true in my life. I write about various excerpts of this in my books. For over 25 years I was a substance abuser and although I realized that it was not a life for me after it was too late…I was stuck.
Growing up in Harlem was a big challenge to me. I was an introvert…always watching what other kids did so closely. I wanted to fit in so bad I could taste it. My passage to acceptance would be introduced to me several times on my journey toward adulthood. I just didn’t know that it was camouflaged.
The beginning of my demise was JHS, yep that young (7th & 8th grade). I didn’t know that the first hit of a joint would lead me into 25 years of darkness. Now there were good days but the cloud was always there. Failure is the same as success. It doesn’t usually overwhelm you all at once…slowly but surely it makes sure that there is space for it to dominate your life.
That’s the same way it is in business. You don’t always realize starting out that you have to make the same effort because your first grand opening was a smash success you figured everybody would keep coming to your place of business. So what happened…you reallocated your advertising or promotional dollars and now people have stopped coming to your store.
The difference is that its a small trickle. First it’s $50 dollars less in revenue then $150, then $300 and you realize …you need to do something so you start to ramp up the ads again hoping to get back what you lost and you also hope to exceed that amount. Something special or drastic usually takes place before you can get back to where you started from and it takes discipline and structure.
For my personal life, it took one flash of reality to turn my life around. (I needed structure and discipline). That 180 degree shift turned me into the man I am today. Once I realized who I was hurting (my family) and I recognized what I wanted and what potential I had deep inside I sought help and my life has never been the same. I got on my feet to become a professional speaker. However, it was a short lived experience because failure was waiting for me once again.
In many of our lives this type of situation will either worsen or stay the same because of the story we playback in our mind. The triggers of life can be very demanding or aggressive psychologically and depending on how you’re wired…you may find yourself immobile.
If you find yourself stuck because of situations like these, here are a few options:
Acknowledge the truth about whatever it is that you’re facing.
Purchase a resource (a book or program is the least expensive method)
Seek help from a professional (someone that has expertise in the area you need)
Attach yourself to someone that has been able to bounce back from a serious occurrence (similar or the same)
Then and only then will you be able to reclaim what you should have never lost. We chalk these situations up to experience and we are also supposed to grow and learn from them!
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