The Golden Retriever and YOUR Business
By: LotsaPerks Newsletter
What does a Golden Retriever have to do with your business, you ask? For those of you who aren't familiar with them, Goldens have an outlook on life that is quite incredible. They never give up. I had a Golden named Ruff who developed a malignant tumor on his corotid artery (the one in the neck that sends blood from the brain back down into the heart). I noticed that he was eating, but losing weight, so I took him to the vet. No veterinarian would touch him. Too risky, they said. Chemotherapy doesn't do well with dogs, so the only choice we had was to love him and play with him and keep him as healthy and happy as we could for as long as he was with us.
Approximately a year after we discovered the tumor, this once beautiful dog weighed about 45 pounds and looked like a refugee. But you looked in his eyes and you saw happiness and and a love of life. He still ate and ran and played. The veterinarian was amazed. He said he had seen dogs not half as sick as Ruff lay down and give up. And he never gave up even when it got so bad that we didn't have the heart to put him through any more.
If his attitude had been something other than what it was, he would have never made it a year. And that was a great year full of lots of love and playing and riding in the car and all the things he enjoyed.
What's my point? What is YOUR attitude to your business? Do you put your heart and soul into making a success of your business? Do you get up with a zeal and love for life and what you do? When you tell others about your business, do you convey that joy and enthusiasm? If you don't love your product and your business, you can't possibly convince anyone else to try it, let alone love it!
We can all learn a great deal from animals. They know how to live life to the fullest and get the most out of the time they have. We need to do the same with our lives, our relationships AND our businesses. You will get out of life and your business what you put into it. If you aren't willing to step out there and shout it to the world, it isn't going to happen.
So when you turn on that computer, or pick up that phone,remember....ATTITUDE, ATTITUDE, ATTITUDE. ============================================ Pamela Geiss is the owner of the successful LotsaPerks. She specializes in business opportunity leads, guaranteed traffic, search engine placement and consulting. Visit her at http://www.lotsaperks.com and subscribe to her free newsletter.
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