Overcoming Frustration in Changing Times

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of." - Jim Rohn

No matter what your political affiliation or who you support for next president or where you stand on social issues or whether you believe in global warming or not, there's one thing that everyone seems to be agreeing on these days and it's this: there's a recession going on and it seems to be affecting everyone.

Gas is expensive, and on the rise. We'll see it hit an average of $4 a gallon before summer. The real estate market is suffering, especially in places like Florida where the prices were quite inflated and are now extraordinarily deflated. The U.S. dollar isn't worth what it used to be and people from around the world are taking advantage of this and are buying American properties and businesses for much less than what they were once worth.

We can sit around and complain, we can lament the past, the "good old days" when gas was only $3 a gallon. We can start sentences with the phrase that used to drive us crazy with our grandparents . . ."When I was young . . . " or we can get stuck in negativity. My thought is that these negative thought loops draw more negativity to us, attracting exactly what we're wanting to avoid.

I was talking to a student of mine on one of our one-on-one calls. This student owns a piece of property which she is trying to sell in Florida through another student of mine who is a real estate agent. Unfortunately, the house is priced higher than what the market will bear at this point.

I know how frustrating this is having recently gone through the process of selling a house myself. I feel her frustration. And yet, as persuaders, we are not doing ourselves, our clients, our prospects, our families, our business associates, our friends, any good by submitting to a defeatist attitude.

Instead I suggest that we ride the crest of the wave (so to speak), and not struggle behind it. Even when times are tough out there, there is still money to be made. Fortunately for us, we have honed our skills and can ride the wave with ease.

What does this mean? How does it translate to life? Well, it means we go the extra mile, going above and beyond what we were previously doing while maintaining a positive mental attitude.

This is a perfect opportunity to work our "self magic" -- going over our universes, for example, and reinforcing our intention on all fronts, working more intimately with our gentle giants/other than conscious minds to resolve to have success no matter what the outside world has to say about it, no matter what the things beyond our control (if there is such a thing) have in store. Get to work on that self persuasion and align yourself in such a way that you are impervious to the weather outside.

Kenrick Cleveland teaches techniques to sell to affluent clients using persuasion strategies. He runs unique public and private seminars and offers home study courses, audio/visual learning tools, and coaching programs in persuasion techniques. Find more free articles at www.MAXpersuasion.com/blog. Be sure to sign up for his free report entitled "Yes! Persuasion."