As you’ve probably noticed, when sales are high, and praise from clients are plenty, your momentum to work harder and longer hours productively is a lot easier. A consistent flow of external positive news attracts your positive thoughts. However, when there is a hurdle in business or even in our personal life, it impacts the way we think, which in turn affects our ora and the way we handle situations. A negative stream of thinking can have a devastating impact on the way we run our business. To keep positivity alive, and your business a success, below are some pointers for handling hurdles in business.
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Combat Your Thoughts
For those who are stuck in the moment of angst or fear when something terrible happens at work, there is a process you can go through to help you towards a positive state of being. Firstly you need to do some fighting against the negative thoughts that slowly begin to manifest following an event. For example, if a customer is incredibly rude – it’s time for you to step back and breath. You need to think through why you’re experiencing the negative feelings you are, understand them, and let the negative feelings go. If you feel embarrassed a customer has treated you in a particular way in front of your staff, you can rationalize that this isn’t personal. And as the owner, to a degree, you have some power to solve the situation any way you see fit and change the negative experience into a positive one.
Problem Solving
Once you have rationalized your negative thought process, you can begin to take a step towards a resolution. Using the example of the rude customer, you have options to resolve this matter. Whether offering a refund, a free trial of a service, inviting them into your office so that you may talk through and solve the problem or if the situation has branched beyond this, you may ask them to politely leave the premises. There are various solutions to every problem, positive thinking will help you to find them.
The Bright Side
Following one of your many business hurdles, try to think about positive aspects that have derived from the situation. It could be anything from realizing your capacity and strength to handle a demanding customer. In other instances, it could mean you need to improve your processes and RPA to create a more efficient business. They say that our enemies are our greatest teachers because they shall happily point out issues in your business that you hadn’t thought of. Use this to your advantage, so that when there is a criticism or problem, you can fix it. This will allow your business to move on and grow stronger.
Affirm The Truth
In the face of problems and conflict in business, it’s essential for you to consistently affirm the truth. That is, that you’re a great entrepreneur, that you believe in yourself and that you will succeed in what you have set out to accomplish.
Positivity is an infectious state of mind that, once you form an ongoing habit, will begin to spill over in all areas of your life. Equipping yourself with the tools of positivity each day shall allow you to overcome any hurdle that’s in your company’s way.
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