If I was handing out $1000 bills, would you want one?

I suspect that there are three camps in answering this question.

The first camp is saying yes, give it to me I can use it.

The second camp is saying there must be a catch to this, I don’t trust him. If I ask for more information it’ll put him off, then I don’t have to think about this.

The third camp is saying no!

Of course, you know that this scenario is not happening exactly as I’ve stated. Although there is not much of a difference in what I have been doing since last fall. What I have been doing is offering some very well researched information of how COVID has had an impact on all of us and in fact got us into habits that are detrimental to our long-term health both financially and emotionally.

For your information I was able to gain access to approximately $3 million dollars’ worth of research that I condensed into a 30-minute Executive Briefing called ‘The 5 Strategies that All Business Managers Need to Overcome Any Challenging Situations NOW’. I called businesses to offer this opportunity to them, and needless to say that the responses were as what follows.

Here are my findings;

• With the first camp they are eager to hear of ways they can improve their organization. And I was able to share with them wonderful information to help grow their business.
• With the second camp, they were overly cautious. They are somewhat hesitant to change their opinions, and want to keep doing what they’ve always done. They requested ‘more information’ just to distract me. I sent them information, but needless to say it went no further.
• For the third camp, they live by the thought that if new information is presented to them, they are being forced to confront their own reality and realize that their own organization may not be as good as they think it is. The other reason why they do not want to even participate in this Briefing is that they want to filter out information that may go against what they believe to be true already.

My conclusion is that no matter the thought patterns of the second and third camp, they are truly hurting their business or organization. I state that because when an entrepreneur starts a business they are interested in growth and development, and will do almost anything to produce better results. Then a few years later they are doing better than when they started and begin to feel a little more confident, they are becoming more successful, they begin to shut down most ideas by ignoring them, no matter how they are presented. Then a few more years pass and they believe they are a success due to the past, and they close themselves off from any ideas that they have not come up with. What they don’t understand is that by this type of thinking they aren’t going to be a successful organization in the long-term. This is true for one reason; you have to re-invent yourself on a regular basis. I remember someone tell me years ago; ‘You cannot coast up-hill.’ Hearing this comment so many years ago changed my attitude and of course my life.

While I’ve had a lot of success, I’ve never forgot about that statement and of course it has helped me to continue to grow as a person, thus I have always been open to unique ideas to help me grow and avoid stagnation in my personal and business life.

My concluding questions are;

• When are you going to step up and be the person who says ‘yes’ to making your business a growing concern?
• When are you going to start to be open to new information?