There are two types of people that I encounter...

Continuing from the last post, there are two people in life that I encounter. The people who have an obstacle that comes up and immediately gets stopped from what they're doing and the people who say how can I find another way. Now, you're not stuck in one category or another forever and you can always switch back and forth. However I do believe that to be someone who is "unstoppable" or always looking for ways to make something happen it takes practice.

It's a practice of conditioning yourself to recognize when you're stopping because of some obstacle, a practice of asking for help when you don't know where to turn and a practice of thinking of other solutions. This is not something you're born with nor does it happen overnight. So ask yourself, do you immediately get stopped or do you keep on going? Are there unfinished tasks that you have on your to do list that can easily be done when you just take the time, to focus and give a little brain power? What can you finish today that's been burning on your list for a while now?

Facebook... you're driving me crazy!

I know that I am not caught up with the social media world nor the digital world. The free time I had back in the day (when I was in college) is no longer the same. I don't have the time to find all my friends, to learn a new social website or to create another profile.

This also creates more frustration when the sites I'm currently working on keeps updating and I have to "RELEARN" it all! Boy does it make me feel old! The latest frustration I have is with Facebook. I am holding a fundraiser for my Speech and Debate team. Naturally, I would put the event up on Facebook. Two weeks ago I found out that they took away the option of sending a message to your guests! This means that I cannot update them on what's going on and I can't remind them to show up to the fundraiser! WHAT THE HECK!

Of course, I tried other options to get the word out, but I haven't found one that would quite do what that nifty button did back in day. I'm now left with either saying "I can't" or "How can I?"

More in next week's blog about who you are... but more importantly, check out our fundraiser! www.ghscreamingeagles.com

Persistence - Interacting with Others

Continuing from last week's post of listening to what people are really saying, I actually noticed how I interacted with people.

In my business, I'm always working with people and what I've noticed is that in working with people, there are some people who don't return my phone calls and emails or they just say no to everything I ask of them. As time goes on, my willingness to call them again or ask them to do something again diminishes and I'm left doing the work myself or frustrated because I haven't received a follow up. I'm making it mean that these people are people I don't want to interact with or they really don't want to work with me. In the end, I'm resentful of them, frustrated and nothing gets accomplished.

But what if that's not the case. What if they legitimately forgot, something happened or they really are busy? What if I gave up the idea that they don't want to work with me and gave it a whole new meaning? After all, I do forget things that I don't write down. I am also guilty of not returning emails for weeks at a time because my email blows up and the email gets lost. And we did just have a holiday weekend!

So I'm going to try that. I'm going to continue to call them, email them and ask them. It only really takes a minute or less out of my day, whereas the resentment and the emotion of making them wrong takes a lot longer. Try it and let me know what happens!