It's not THAT bad
Louie Bernstein
LinkedIn Top Voice helping bootstrapped Founders, Startups to $5 Million, grow profitably. Fractional Sales Management and Coaching help. I know. I've been where you are. -> INC 500 Winner <- Book an introductory call.
The quickest way to happiness and being calm is to stop worrying about things that haven’t happened yet. I will give you 4 ways to do that. But first…
Have you ever heard the word, Catastrophizing?
The word makes sense when you hear it, but it seems like a put-together word.
Maybe it is. But most of us have been putting it into practice for years.
Your creative mind is powerful enough to create great, worst-case scenarios.
It’s also capable of channeling that energy into growth and success.
?Seneca said, "We suffer more in imagination than in reality."
This is especially true in business, where the stakes are high and there’s a lot of moving parts. ?
?So, as promised, here’s 4 ways to help pull you back from catastrophizing your life away:
So, here’s your Action Item and Mission, should you decide to accept it: Do you find yourself having imaginary doomsday scenarios before they’ve even started happening, or ever will?
? Break the chain.
? Come back to now.
? Focus your mind on what is right in front of you.
Business and life uncertainties are weighty enough. We don’t need to go find them.
If these ideas resonate with you, I have 138 previous Sunday Starters on other topics that are designed to help you and accelerate your success. You can find them below.
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Have a really rewarding week and I’ll see you next time..
About?Louie Bernstein
I'm an?INC 500 Winner?for achieving rapid sales growth over a five-year period without outside investment. I specialize in helping?small businesses and startups?with proven sales processes and systems to scale their growth and hit their goals.
If you're looking for someone to audit your current system and then help hire, organize, optimize, and train your sales team (and who's been where you are), reach out to me at [email protected].
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3 个月I appreciate your reminder to create a risk management hour and practice revenue reframing. These are great strategies for staying focused and proactive in business.
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3 个月The best advice about thinking the worst!