Social Strategy Podcast, Episode 36. Sometimes it's just about having the right frame of mind and the way that you approach things. In every month I read Success Magazine. It's one of the many things that I do to take in knowledge, get my mind right, focus on things that I need to do.
Look at other perspectives and listen to successful people like John C. Maxwell and Jim Rohn. It's great because Success Magazine used to feature recordings by Jim Rohn and John C. Maxwell they still do.
It's always an enlightening and refreshing departure away from everything else that I'm doing. Whatever other book that I'm reading that's focused solely on business because it helps to refocus on the things that are important. Well in the theme of the season and since Halloween is just around the corner and yes I am dating this particular podcast, but you can listen to this one at any time. There's a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt and I'm not sure if you guys have ever heard this but I believe it was from her autobiography or her autobiography.
And in it she says do one thing every day that scares you. In this month when I was listening to Success Magazine I'm like oh wow this is interesting. Darren Hardy the publisher of Success told a story about how when he was a kid he wanted this you know red Lamborghini and that's what he was working for. And his father's mentor and I guess he was a retired football coach or something like that.
I'm paraphrasing the story but essentially he told him that the people that make the most money are the ones that do the scariest jobs. And he wasn't talking about from like a police officer standpoint scary or firemen or something like that where your life is at risk but the things that bring about rejection and the things that are maybe uncomfortable for people to do because it puts you out there in front of other people and you risk being rejected or you risk being told no. And I just thought it was a really interesting take on that quote of do one thing every day that scares you and how out of the habit you can actually become with doing that. And so I thought about it I thought about it in the past two weeks and I'm like wow you know what I've done every day that actually scares me.
What's something that makes me uncomfortable and I haven't been doing anything that makes me uncomfortable and makes you know and it's scary. And so I challenge you you know this week as you start this week and you go into it do one thing that scares you. You know what's that one thing in your business that you don't want to do because you're so afraid of it. For me it's actually making a couple phone calls that I really just didn't want to make but that I have to make and I'm going to make them tomorrow.
So by the time you listen to this this will I would have already made the phone calls but I have to make those phone calls and the reason I don't want to make those phone calls when I go into too much detail is because it's to some pretty influential people and I'm actually offering something for them. It's a sales call and sales calls no matter how good you are at it and no matter how much you enjoy it they can be scary. Pick up the phone and calling someone and talking to them about something that is that you even though you know it's a value and you know that it's good you know your stuff's good and it's going to help them and it's going to help them move further. It is still scary and you have to address it you have to overcome it and you have to approach those things that bother you the most.
So my charge for you guys today is do something every day this week that absolutely terrifies you. It makes you uncomfortable in your business and it's something that you don't want to do. You can also use this approach in life what is it you know what's that one thing that scares you. It could be something in a relationship that you need to address it could be you know addressing someone that you want to have a relationship with whatever it is just do something this week every day that makes you uncomfortable something that makes you afraid something that scares you because it's only going to help you grow.
And so with that guys I'm going to go get out of here I just wanted to drop that one on you and let you give you a little insight into what I'm talking about I'll have links to everything that I talked about in the show notes and in the interest of course full disclosure I am a success magazine affiliate so you will see an affiliate link at the bottom for success magazine. It is something that I recommend you subscribe to there's a free audio CD in there every month it's always good quality and you'll always learn something November is the wealth issue. So it talks about building wealth and some of the things about startups and stuff like that it's not a huge advertisement for success magazine but I did want you guys to know I am a success affiliate. So if you click on the link I think I know I know too much anyway guys I'm going to go ahead and get out of here and I will see you in the next episode.