Just Keep Pedaling

Can you believe my 2 ½ year old son Landon inspired today’s blog entry?  Tonight, my son was a good reminder to us, our team and the countless other friends and fans who are trying something new for the first time.  You might be trying something new like a new aerobics class, a new business or something even scarier.   Tonight, our son was trying out a new bicycle.  Although Landon has had experience with tricycles and big wheels, tonight’s challenge was still different.  We put our son on a two-wheel bike (it did have training wheels), but although it was bike – it in no way was similar to a tricycle.

Trying to start this bicycle was a lot more difficult than when he first climbed on.  The seat was smaller, the ground was further away if he fell, and he was going slower than he did the last time. Sometimes that is how a new entrepreneur feels as s/he begins a new business.  As my mentor in Send Out Cards, Adam Packard says and put so well in a book with the same title, “Stay the Course.”  Landon literally spun his wheels and didn’t move with his first attempt, but he didn’t give up and continued to press ahead.  The same analogy can be used for anyone with a business… it doesn’t just happen overnight and you have to realize all the effort you  are doing in the beginning will pay off – maybe just not in the first week. J 

Just as it will take Landon numerous times on his bike to master riding it, you will need to put the time and effort into your business.  Early in my direct sales career I was told “if you work your business like a hobby, then you will be paid like a hobbyist.”  Send Out Cards IS my business and I work it like any other job  I’ve had in the past with the exception that now I am my own boss, make my own hours, take vacation whenever I want and have no ceiling to my success.  I look at my datebook, compare calendars with my husband for the week and make a plan – who do I want to have coffee with, when can I do follow-up calls, attend a City Chamber event or a local networking (Meet-Up) group.

In conclusion, think of Landon and how he kept pushing forward and trying to pedal and move his bicycle.  If he can do it, you can do it.  You need to keep pushing forward in your business - every day provides a new start, new opportunities for you and those you meet.  The sky is the limit in direct sales; there is nobody in your way of your success.  So give it your all, keep pedaling and shoot for the moon.

My best to you, Danielle