If you’re like me (and you are), you get excited when you get a text message from Amazon, telling you there is a package waiting for you on your doorstep. There’s nothing wrong with old stuff that continues to work well, but let’s face it, new stuff is exciting.
C’mon, you know what I mean. Your shiny new laptop rocks your world. Your new car is the bee’s knees. Your new girlfriend? Excite-a-mundo.
New things, new people, new adventures. Makes you all tingly inside.
But here’s the thing. The other side of the excitement coin is fear. In fact, that’s why we’re excited. When we ran around in loin cloths, our fears kept us alert and alive. Anything new and different raised the hair on the back of our necks and caused us to be on high alert.
And that’s still true today.
We’re excited about the new laptop but part of that excitement is fueled by our fear that it might have issues, we might not like it as much as we thought, or that we spent way too much.
Same for that new girlfriend.
And God knows it’s the same for new clients who might write you a bum check or make your life crazier than it already is.
So change is scary, but scary is good. Our fears tell us we’re alive, and that’s almost always better than the alternative.
So, I propose that we all get a steady diet of newness in our lives.
What do you say?
Click the button in your shopping cart and place the order. Visit the car dealer after work and put yourself behind the wheel of that Tesla. Book that trip to Octoberfest, terrorists be damned.
More than anything, it’s time to get some new clients.
Picture yourself interviewing them, writing down the facts, thinking about what you will do. Picture them signing docs and handing you a big check.
Nice, isn’t it?
More, please.
Picture your phone ringing with a referral on the line. Picture yourself at an event, three people ask for your card, asking when they can talk to you. Picture yourself hiring another assistant to help with all of the new clients you’re bringing in.
Take a big whiff and smell the success.
Hell yeah, it’s exciting! Okay, maybe not as exciting as the new girlfriend but hey, it’s all good.
What’s your plan for bringing in new clients?
