“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy
He there, do you remember me? I know, it has been a while. Truth is, I haven’t had much inspiration to write and on the sale of the business topic, there just hasn’t been much activity to share. The reality is sometimes you just have to stop, let go and walk away to allow things to happen. That is just what I did.
I’d like to say that it was a noble and calculated decision to do so. That it was all part of my overall strategy. If I did I would be lying. What really happened is life became so busy with the other business that time just continued to slip away. At some point I realized that so much time had gone by and that I really should focus on selling the business again before it’s too late. I did just that. I gathered all the basic info needed and listed the business for sale in April. I have had several interested parties and now I am currently in an active negotiation. I won’t get too excited but will practice cautions optimism.
We have been in talks for two business days and the prospective buyer submitted an offer. No need to get onto details that is not the point of this piece. The point is to illustrate, yet again, that once I let go and stop trying to control and force things to create the outcome I want, flow and life is to be restored. The distraction of the other business helped, but I let go of my attachment to the situation and what I wanted to see happen as the outcome. This allowed things to happen more naturally. I just had to do the footwork.
This lesson transcends business and applies to all areas of life. The more I hold tight to situations and try to control the outcome, the more stress and disappointment I experience. That is recipe for disaster. The more I try to control, the more disappointment and failure I experience in my life. This creates fertile ground for anger, resentment and all their ugly cousins to come have a party in my head. Negativity feeds on negativity and the longer I allow them to live rent free in my head, the larger and stronger they grow.
Once I can acknowledge what is happening and face the negative tenants, I can send an eviction notice. That allows me to move on and create a space for productivity and positivity. As cheesy and cliché as it sounds it is true. It has been proven to me over and over in my life. I only have control over my own attitude and actions. If I feed the demons dancing with the monkeys in my head, things do not work out so well. If I acknowledge them and take away their power, life is good.
Today I choose to evict the negative tenants as I wait with cautious optimism for the final dance with Go-Go Babyz.
Talk Soon,
Kevin W @LEAP272
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