PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE

I've been learning so much lately...marketing strategies...finding the RIGHT clients...networking...writing a book...how to stay healthy...being patient...wait...patient? I want to learn all this stuff, and it's good, quality stuff! My problem is--I want to put it all together in my nice little business package and see the fruits of my labor--NOW! We've all been there. It doesn't have to be about business. We all want things immediately and we don't have patience with anyone that may have made a mistake, which caused our hurriedness to last a minute longer! You see it on the road all the time. Take the driver behind you who insists you are going too slowly, even though you are obeying the speed limit, and he drives up so close to you that it appears he has hooked himself to your bumper. Suddenly he darts out along side of you and speeds ahead of you. You see him just a few seconds later at the same stop light, only now he's directly in front of you, not behind you. Yet, he's still stopped at the same light, for the same amount of time. What is the point to this rushing? Was it really worth risking an accident with someone else just to get 30 seconds (if even that much) ahead of me? It's the same with growing a business. I've seen so many people try all sorts of sales tactics and they rant and rave of how you too can make $3000.00 in one week! I will admit there are some that seem to be able to connect with all the right people, they are able to say all the right things, be in the right places at the right time--they have a knack for it. However, the percentage of people who accomplish such feats is very low. Reality states that it takes 3-8 years to grow a business to the point that it is standing on its own, and even then you are consistently putting forth strategies to make things better or to at least stay consisitent and on top with what you have. Even Multi-tasking is great, but it too has its boundaries. Moving too quickly in your quest to make things happen can cause you to end up retracing your steps, taking 3 steps backwards, rather than 2 steps forward. I guarantee your business is not going to happen overnight, or through a quick 3 step process, nor in a matter of seconds. Learn from the reality of the driver's progress. Give yourself some grace and allow yourself to wait. The outcome will be far more rewarding!