Preparing for Success... And a Trip to Michaels
A couple of weeks ago I made a “quick run” to Michael’s, a well-known but commercial craft store. I say “quick run” lightly, because it usually ends up in a few hours of roaming through aisles, drooling over the craft supplies, and walking away with a couple hundred dollars spent on more yarn… which I don’t even have enough storage space for the yarn that i have!
There’s a point to this, so hang on. :)
Going on a quick run, this time, wasn’t to ensure my husband that I wouldn’t drain the bank account on more yarn. This time I had a plan.
I was preparing for success.
I’m not an artist or craftsman by trade (only by hobby), I am a virtual assistant. However, Michael’s has vertical office organizers at really affordable prices. So, I was determined to avoid the distractions of my leisure time and headed straight for those office aisles. (THANK GOODNESS they were in the front of the store!)
As I was deciding on how best to organize my office at home, I was repeatedly having to reorient myself. I was mumbling to myself (and probably looking a little crazy) saying
I am preparing for success; a flood of business, not a sprinkling of interest.
This little mantra helped me walk away with just the essentials I needed to organize my new, smaller home office space in a way that would provide for my organizational needs and functional quirks.
The take away from this weird little story is this:
Success doesn’t come by hoping you’ll get a client. It doesn’t come by wishing for a sprinkle of interest. It comes by preparing for a flood, for blessings of clients.
Your mindset has to be ready to accept the work, and, more importantly, you need to know what you’ll do with that work.
I was reading a great article on Forbes yesterday, 4 Steps To Prepare, Not Plan, For Success about this topic. The author, Brant Pinvidic, added the perfect visual to this concept. He asked two simple questions - “What would happen if the Coyote actually caught the Roadrunner? Does Wile E. Coyote think about what he’ll do after he catches his prey?” (Pinvidic, www.Forbes.com, 2018)
Do you know what you’ll do when you catch your Roadrunner? I didn’t, but I am ready now!
