Three baskets broken

I didn't put my eggs in one basket, I put them in three.  Then I crashed and all three baskets fell and I lost all the eggs.

Ever had something like that happen to you?

To make matters worse, I think I skinned both knees and caught a cold.  Plus, someone pushed me down when I tried to stand, and the eggs got on my clothes and dirtied them.  My hair is crazy (literally, I got a bad "body wave"), my personal business line up is in shambles and I've fallen and I can't get up.

Or can I?

Truth is, sometimes we don't want to.  It's much easier to complain and whine, and even feel sorry for ourselves.  I do have one show lined up....and could get more.  With ease.  It's just far easier to lie here and complain.

This is were most advisors lose their business.  Rather than accept that sometimes things just don't work out as you plan, they simply quit.  As a leader, I don't have that option.  You see, this is the secret of moving to leadership and staying there:  failure is not an option.

My favorite coffee mug states, "I don't believe in the no win scenario."  It's true, I don't.  I look at the three messy broken baskets of eggs and still see the benefits.  Three advisors benefitted,  and that's more important than just me.  I know how to get more bookings.  They are still learning.  If the bookings go to them, it benefits their businesses, which in turn benefits mine.  By being duplicatable and splitting the costs, I'm really not out anything and will more than break even.  It forces me to focus on building a new plan, and actually sets me up to work Horseshoe University right beside my advisors.

Broken eggs don't ruin clothes...I just have to wash them and the clothes will be good as new.  Bloodied knees can be cleaned up and they will heal.  The cold will go away in a few days, and as for my hair - it just takes longer to blow it out (and the results are lovely when I take the time.)  Do you see the pattern?  Clean up the mess, take time to reorganize and heal.  You'll be ok, and so will your business.  Don't give up...the best is yet to be!