Is your business “turned on”? Are you making consistent sales every day? Are new and more exciting opportunites coming up around every door? Why (or why not)?

A few days ago I wrote about stepping out of your comfort zone and making things happen with your business. One of the toughest things about being an entrepreneur is that many times you’re on your own. There’s no one there that’s going to kick your butt, call you on your laziness, or motivate you when things aren’t going as well as you’d like them too.

Here is a fun update I just received from one of my clients who sells awesome wall murals and photo murals:

So, you want to know about how changing my attitude directly affected my sales? Last week, my mentor Nate from Prosper and MollerMarketing.com gave me a little phone call. It was a kind of business kick in the butt talk. And man did I need it.

I was spending 8 to 11 hours daily at my website, fixing keywords, adding new content, videos, podcasts, crunching numbers, and analyzing things to death. Truth was I hadn’t made a single solitary sale in 30 days. I felt like crap!

When Nate called, I sure let him know my sad story. He didn’t buy it for a minute. “Lisa, one year ago our attitude and enthusiasm was contagious. Why aren’t you making sales?”

Why indeed. I have known Nate long enough to get the message. I was not focusing on what I can do every day to make sales! Because of the 30 day business slump, I was not believing I could achieve big things. I was sabotaging myself and my business by staying on the proverbial pity pot.

The phone call gave me cause to look at myself and realize I needed to re-focus my attention on what I could change (my cruddy attitude!) The next day, I was back on my game. I got my moxie back ( or mojo for all you young-uns out there.) Was it uncomfortable? A little. By the end of the day I was a changed woman.

I went out to local businesses with my business cards and networked. I made things happen. I told people what I do and what I sell. The cool thing was, out of 8 businesses I approached that day, only 2 said no ( and I could hear Nate in my ear saying, “Who cares? Welcome to business!.”)

It has been 4 business days since that phone call. In addition to feeling great on the inside, I have made 3 sales, each for over $350. I also have 5 - 8 other sales in the works as well as 4 to 5 prospective joint ventures. Is this magic? Hardly! It’s simply what Nate reminded me: Believe it and you can achieve it. And small success leads to big success!!

Thanks Nate! Your old pal, Lisa

So what can we learn from this: a positive attitude has a direct correlation with success. Lisa’s business didn’t really change; the economy didn’t all of a sudden take a turn for the better; gas prices didn’t drop; but a slight change of attitude “turned the business on” again.

Thanks for the great case study Lisa. It’s stuff like this that I encourage clients to print out, pass along, and read from time to time as a reminder.

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