Lately, I've felt the same way. Why is it that sometimes, life goes at such a hectic pace and you feel like you are a black belt karate master, chopping through so many obstacles and daily life to-dos? And then sometimes, you're making it through the day, walking through sludge, attempting to achieve the same results?
But today, I had an a-ha moment. Thanks for that phrase Oprah. Here is what we think a slump looks like... It's when my customers don't buy anything. It's when team members don't listen or even appreciate me. It's when my business figures don't look great. It's when there is no injection of new life into the business. It's when it is cold outside and you can't remember what it felt like to have the warm sun on your face. Its needing 7 appointments to the dentist. It's disappointment after disappointment. Isn't that what the sludgy, murky, slump looks like? Even just thinking and writing about, I'm feeling depressed and frustrated!
It's a funny word.. Slump. I looked it up and realised it has nothing to do with all those depressing things at all. The word slump means to sit, lean or fall heavily and Limply. To sustain a long and severe fall. To undergo a prolonged fall in value. It's not about circumstance.. It's all about how we respond to that circumstance.
“When you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.”
I think we mistake slump for hump, even though they go in opposite directions. A hump is a difficult part or stage. We all get those! Why does our businesses not grow faster? We are offering so many incredible things! We are willing our businesses to succeed.. We are working hard... Doing everything we can.. Aren't we?
Your business (and your life) will have humps. There is nothing we can do about that. How do we overcome the humps in business and life? We need to exert ourselves, and overcome them. But this just does not happen when there is a slump in your hump. Ooh... How very Dr Seuss of me!
These steps make allowances for humps, but never slumps.. At least not for too long. Your slumps are what slows your business down. If you want to get a great income to achieve an even more amazing dream... Lose the slump. If you want a new car, or an all expenses trip, or both... Lose the slumps. And slumps, by the way, come in all descriptions. Slumps can come across as sound reasoning... I'm just going to take it slow because it's good for ME.... I need to re-evaluate my life and then I'll be up and running again... I don't want to go out ahead to fast because I don't think that's healthy.... Rubbish! As long as you are willing to let go of some of the controls at times, and as long as you continue to work smarter not harder, the speed in which you succeed is irrelevant. You can do this! Because you are amazing, and your business is the best, regardless of the crappy things that sometimes happens.
Team... You've got this. Keep it simple. Don't sweat the small stuff (even when it feels like gigantic stuff) and lean on your network of people who are in this with you.
Slumps don't belong in humps.
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