Surprisingly, the 5 tips to beating the financial clues comes from Mother Nature herself.
1. Pay attention to the climate, both inner and outer. Your inner environment (intuition) is a marvelous gauge that will help us navigate financial uncertainties. Almost without exception, every entrepreneur I’ve worked with who has suffered financial losses disregarded their gut. There are always those who do well in a downturn. They pay attention, and see things that others miss. Animals, for example, are aware of an imminent earthquake or tsunammi long before we are. Cultivate your instincts, lean into them, and pay attention to results.
2. Everything has a cycle and a season. Learn to read the seasons in your life and business: Spring, summer, fall and winter. It doesn’t do to plant a new crop in winter. It is a great time to repair, review and plan for spring. Pay attention to your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual cycles, and those of your business. A holistic approach to life will allow you to adjust to the ups and downs of business.
3. Use everything to your advantage. What seems like a failure may turn out to become your greatest success. Cultivate the attitude that “mistakes” are steppingstones to new innovation. Use the principle of cross-pollination. One of my clients, a world class mining expert, shared that his greatest breakthroughs came from exploring and integrating other modalities into his research. The results: billions of dollars for his investors!
4. Retreat is not defeat. There are times that, despite our best intentions, we are faced with situations outside of our control. When forest fires strike, animals head away from the flames. What we can control is our attitude. Take the time to regroup and review what has happened. Allow new growth and insights to emerge. Almost every great individual faces trials by fire! Even small steps, inner and outer, will maintain momentum, regardless of how it appears to the world. In the words of Kenny Rogers, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, and when to fold ‘em, and when to walk away.” Re-evaluate your outcomes. Make new choices based on new information. That’s evolution.
5. If you know where you are heading, sooner or later you’ll arrive. Rivers run downstream. Follow the current and enthusiasm in your life, and you’ll find yourself in the flow of synchronicity. You don’t have to solve everything, nor do you have to know how to do everything!
Complete the step you’re on and you’ll find yourself cooperating with life as it is – and the next step will appear. Repeat often, and to the best of your ability, and you will arrive at a bountiful harvest.
Good luck. These tips are great, not only for the financial blues, but for life itself.
It’s all part and parcel of the same great adventure.
Keep me posted!
