While Lani’s at Fratello’s in Manchester, co-presenting a LinkedIn program for the NH High Tech Council, I’m holding down the fort and just got off our twice monthly group call for Melanie Benson Strick’s Fast Tack to 6&7 Figure Lifestyle Business. Coupla big takeaways:
- Because of everything going on economy-wise, we had a roundtable discussion about how to handle our own fears, as well as the fears of our current and prospective clients, and about staying positive and focused in the face of all the “doom and gloom” talk around us.
- At the group’s request, Melanie also helped by delineating a difference between people in poverty versus people who are “Poverty Conscious.” I’ll be paraphrasing here, but people who are poverty conscious literally cannot see, believe, or be convinced that things are gong to get better -for them, for the economy, for anyone. People who are in poverty but not “Poverty Conscious” (these, then, would be the “Prosperity Conscious” folks) will say, believe, and be convinced of things that sound Pollyanna-ish to the Poverty Conscious, like: “I’m a millionaire – my bank account just hasn’t caught up with me yet.”
- Even if you think that sounds Pollyanna-ish (heck, it does to me, if I’m gonna be completely honest), let me ask you this: Who’s more likely to actually make a buck or two and make it out of a poverty situation? My money’s on the Prosperity Conscious person 99.44% of the time.
So put on some rose-colored glasses, will ya? It’s the only logical thing to do.
