“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. They are rich who own the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste the moment on the yesterdays.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Going Fishing
There are two types of fishermen. The kind who only remember “the one that got away” and the ones who are already thinking about baiting the next hook and casting for the next nibble.
Funny thing is, of the few serious fishermen I know, none of them have the ones that got away mounted on their walls. They can’t show me photos of the fish they didn’t reel in.
How disappointed would I be as a golfer if I only remembered the holes I didn’t ace? I’d much rather think back on my two holes-in-one and dream of my next one. [Side note: It’s been almost 33 years since my last one, so if any of the Golf Gods are regular readers of Carp’s Corner, can you throw me a bone sometime soon?]
So where’s your focus going to go this week?
Will you think about all the deals you haven’t closed yet? Those clients you thought would use you, then suddenly had a “friend in the family” who could help, or “went in a different direction.” The ones you were so sure would call that you could almost feel the commission in your wallet.
All the “gonna happens” that prevent you from reaching out to the “might happens.”
Or maybe you just keep searching for the people who will hear your voice, listen to your advice, and appreciate and value your knowledge and skills. As Seth Godin calls them, your “smallest viable audience.”
Find your people. Show up for your audience. Be a leader for your tribe. Remember, the good leader almost always shows up first.
Not every fish is yours to catch. Don’t waste too much time wondering whether you used the wrong bait, the wrong lure, or cast in the wrong spot.
You just need to keep dropping a line in the water.
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