I wanted to post something today specifically in relation to mindset as I personally believe it's one of the main contributing factors to success in all aspects of life - both personal and professional. You may not agree with me and think that there are far more important elements but is there really?
When I look back at all the things I've personally achieved, the one thing in absolute common is my mindset at that particular time. For example, business wise, when Claire and I founded Invigorate Recruitment we always stated that failure was not an option and we had the exact image of what the compnay would not only offer but also what it would look like! Another example of mindset success goes back to last year when I set out to loose two stone in weight, which I did (with the support of many other people to who I'm eternally grateful) but I not only knew why I was trying to loose the weight, I was so determined to achieve success that nothing could throw me off track and what happened...... I achieved my goal!
We're now in November 2008 and I keep hearing such terms as 'in this challenging economic climate', we're now in recession' and 'economic downturn' and to be perfectly honest, I am sick and tired of the media constantly reporting such news and literally talking us into trouble!
What about all the people who are positively benefitting at the moment? Do we ever hear about them? Many cobblers are doing better than ever as people are repairing their shoes, dressmakers the same, charity shops must be doing fabulous trade as people stop buying brand new clothes, preferring to buy 'pre-loved'. The list will go on and on!
I met with a group of friends last week and we ended up brain storming one of our businesses over dinner and I wanted to just mention Datzi (picture above) to you as she's a wonderful example of how having the right mindset makes all the difference. Datzi supplys me with all my superb glasses and I would never go anywhere else, but Datzi like many other high street retailers is looking at ways in which she can reach more people without the cost of advertising. Between us we came up with a list of potential new sources of customers for her, specifically within her target market, all of which just required a little bit of out of the box thinking and now Datzi's passion and determination to enter these markets will work. By the way, if you do wear glasses - please do consider speaking to Datzi at Datzi Eyewear as she's amazing!
So to sum up, if you know what you want, you'll then find a way to get it, and if you want it badly enough, you'll make it happen. I've now got a completely new set of goals and believe me, as always, success is the only option! So please do ask yourself, do you really know what you want because when you do, engage the right mindset and your goal will become reality?
Have a great week and focus!
Debs x
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