YOU get to choose!
Do you understand the power of that concept?
Are you aware of the barrage of behavioral and personality based marketing happening to you RIGHT NOW? The more I learn about how current ‘rock star’ marketers are emotionally manipulating their potential clients, the more frustrated I get because I don’t like being manipulated into things that may not be the best for me.
BUT – here’s the good news:
Think – Do Not React, is lesson #1 in Get It Done 101 because it is simply the absolute most important thing for us to learn.
WE get to decide what emotion, or feeling (like the quote describes) we ride!
Here’s the rub – YOU have to be aware, present, and have the skills to actually be AWARE that you’re being manipulated before you can decide, right?
Of course, this quote and thought applies to a LOT more than just marketing messages. Your relationships, your own actions on a daily basis like exercise, diet, where you invest your time… EVERYTHING will be affected by how you FEEL about a given subject.
I’m a ‘bottom line’ kind of guy, and there’s two things bottom line ideas that need to be shared as soon as possible:
- I do NOT want you to purchase anything from me, or anyone else, if you’re on an emotional rollercoaster. Instead – I want you to THINK, not react.
- HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
First step in this process is awareness. We simply must be aware of what’s going on before we can do anything about it – that just makes sense, right?
Colors, words chosen, the smiling faces on a tv commercial, the shiny car – or the exploding car!
Here’s the secret: Simply breathe.
When the colors, explosions, or emails are pressing you to purchase before a deadline – and you’re able to be aware that you want to buy that amazing deal!!! WAIT – What’s going on inside you?
If that marketing expert has done their job, you’re FEELING excited, for the opportunity, and a little urgency to make that decision. Well, you FEEL those things because you relate to that particular message, and that marketer has done a great job triggering some thoughts in your mind… and those thoughts have triggered the release of some specific chemicals in your brain. That causes your body to react! REACT.
That reaction is the thing we call ‘feelings’.
Here is the antidote. Are you ready?
BREATHE. Slowly, deeply, in and out, slowly…
That literally releases the ‘antidote’ chemicals to those chemicals that caused the other feelings.
THEN – after 10, 20 slow breaths… That’s when it’s time to recognize that you were reacting to your feelings, not thinking. That urge to buy, that urge to yell at your partner, that urge to shoot that jerk that cut you off in traffic – those urges, those feelings, those reactions weren’t what ‘the rational you’ would have done, huh?
This is literally lesson #1 of Get It Done 101. Well, there is a lot more we need to discuss obviously: How to become more and more aware in the moment; Tools and Methods to use to leverage your super power of pause; Daily habits and practices to amplify your abilities…
There’s a lot. BUT – the thing is, we want you to THINK, not react when you decide to purchase Get It Done 101. We want you to be just like all our other awesome clients that are thankful they participated in this amazing class.
Here’s a link for more information – but I’m warning you, there isn’t a ‘buy now’ button! You are going to face a significant challenge before you can enroll in Get It Done 101! LINK (this is a page specifically for helping folks getting unstuck, sign up here to learn about mastering your reactions)
Enjoy your day!
Live enthused, enabled, empowered – life enthusiasticlay!
Clay
