Living in Another Zone

Sorry about not getting this posted last week. I’m still in the game, just spinning.

Have you ever just decided to pick up and move in with relatives? This can be a whole book of ideas of “what not to do.” They want to make sure you are comfortable, have what you need and spend all the time they can with you to catch up on everything you’ve missed. I love my family and understand were they’re at.

This is another zone for me because I’m trying to stay focused on getting our candle home business out in the area yet I feel like I’m standing still on a tread mill, if that makes any sense.

I’ve been putting flyers up where ever I could find bulletin boards. Most coffee shops around here have them tucked away by the bathrooms. I’ve not had access to Internet unless I go to a coffee shop like Dunn Brothers, Caribou Coffee and even Starbucks.

One thing I realized is that I’m not as comfortable as I thought cold contacting people. It was a huge stretch for me to talk to the 2 gentlemen that were sitting behind me in Dunn Brothers. When I really think about it, I’m more comfortable when I’m with someone else. Why is that?

I ran across a little quote that Mike Dillard stated –

“Change your environment; you'll change your habits. Change your habits, and you'll change your life.”

Ok, this does make sense to me. I’ve been way too comfortable with my lifestyle. My husband has always “brought home most of the bacon” and definitely reminds me of this, in the kindest way possible of course.

So now I’ve changed my environment for a short period and for sure changing my habits because I would be too embarrassed if I came out of these 60 days with no results.


The biggest habit I’ve changed is that I’m not checking my email all the time. I didn’t realize how consumed I was with that until lately. I’ve shifted my thinking from “build it and they will come” to “go get them and it will build.”

I’ve been utilizing the many ways that we can contact people about our candle business by putting business cards on car windows in mall parking lots, starting conversations with strangers and asking for referrals from my relatives.

I’m not crazy about doing the whole business card thing, because I’m not a total believer that handing out thousands of them does the trick. I do know that for me, business cards just sit in my desk for years or until I decide to clean the drawer out and run across one that reminds me that I should have contacted that person. Yet, I know of people that have had great success with this. So it’s just a preference on what you want to do.

I’m finding that I really like the warm list, “who they know” concept for sure. It gives me an idea of where I’m going. Since I like to know what’s happening this fits me just fine.

My husband, Tom will arrive today for us to go to the Republican National Convention in St Paul Minnesota. I’m excited about this because Tom and I together will meet some great open minded people that we can contact later about our candle business opportunity.

Tom is a walking, talking contacting machine. He has the guts to do things that would be out of my comfort zone. This is why we make such a great team because we are so different. He makes the mess and I clean it up so to speak.

Sometimes I feel stupid about my journey thinking that I probably could do a lot of things over the phone or in just a couple of days here and there. The concept of the whole idea is to get me “out of my comfort zone or routine” and to “accomplish what I’m capable of doing” which is to create a lifestyle that most people only dream about.

Will I get this done? You bet! I have lots of irons in the fire just from being here for 10 days. I truly believe that my actions from these 60 days will show up even a year from now. Like they say, “the wheel was a little rusty but as it starts to turn, it will turn freely the more it goes around.”

“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
- John Wooden

Tip: Don’t make the mistake of telling your family or friends that they need to be in your business! Let them know what or who you’re looking for and ask them if they know anyone like that. It’s amazing how much they want to help you when you take it away from them.

Till next time…thanks for following me and I hope that even just one thing helps you in your journey to success.

Cheers,

Susan