Do You Thrive on Chaos?

As I was preparing to finish a lesson plan for an upcoming seminar, one of the quotes that kept going through my head came from the motto of the United States Marines: Improvise, adapt, and overcome. What a great mantra that is for every business owner!

Let’s face it, no business need exists unless it solves a problem for its customers. When we decide to set out on our own and live based on our successes and failures, we know full well that we will be facing problems and challenges. Some will be easy, some will be more difficult, and some will make us question our sanity and why we started our own business in the first place! But take heart because once we learn to thrive on the chaos, we will earn a place in our clients’ hearts.

As a business coach, I often have the luxury of sitting at arm’s length from my clients’ problems. While they are usually overwhelmed by them, I can objectively look at the situation and offer a logical strategy. Most of the time, their problems don’t require a major overhaul — just a little finesse. It’s amazing just how many problems can be solved through clearer communication, a different perspective, and a little emotional distance from the issue.

In the Proven Success Skills for Businesswomen seminar, I joke that men like simple solutions to problems and that most of their issues can be resolved with either a tape gun or WD 40. For example, if something moves and it’s not supposed to, you use the tape gun. If something is supposed to move and it doesn’t, you just use WD 40. Of course, not every problem in life and business is that simple, but the point I’m trying to make is that we often get overwhelmed by the enormity of a problem. Yet, many times, all it takes is a little bit of tweaking to get our problem-solving instincts flowing again.

“Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.” – John Wooden

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This excerpt is taken from my all-new seminar entitled The Fine Art of Pivoting. I encourage you to click here to register for my live in person The Fine Art of Pivoting seminar on Thursday, May 4, 2023 from 9 AM to 12 noon Eastern Standard Time at Melhorn Manor in Mount Joy, PA. This event will also be available through live streaming.