Okay, Let's Go!
   Every morning the two dogs circle around me while I put the kettle on the stove to boil water for the French Press coffee pot. Then I feed them, give them fresh water, give the cats their food and water, run outside to pluck the paper off the driveway, and hustle back inside. When the coffee is ready, with the cup of very hot, black sustenance in it, I wander toward the back of the house and the sunroom. The dogs follow me and stop dead at the step down into the room. Their habit is to wait at the step until I put the coffee on the table, flick on the lamp, turn around and extend an invitation to go outside by saying, "Okay, girls, let's go!" Only then will they set foot on the sunroom floor and head for the back door. They don't do this the rest of the day...they usually knock me to the side in their rush for the back door. But they have developed this game of waiting to start their day and I invite them to go outside! The habits we form, whether animal or human, are indeed powerful!
   The reason I relate this little story about the dogs is to remind you that you are in charge of your day and how you want to start that day. You don't have to wait for permission to get on with the business of living, or the business of business. If you wait for an invitation to talk to your customers, it could be a long wait. You can find ways to talk to them frequently. It helps to remind people that you are in business, that you seek their patronage, and that you might just have the solution to their problem. Just don't be like the dogs and wait until someone calls your name!
Have a great day and send me an email if you need some solutions for your writing problems in your business.
Patricia