Did you put your pants on this morning?
08.26.08
You remember those dreams, don’t you? You’re on the school bus, you get to school, stand up and as you’re walking, you realize you forgot to put your pants on that morning! How the heck did that happen? Immediately, you’re mortified, but instead of getting help (I could never figure that part out), you walk through the school without your pants on trying to figure out how to make it through the day without pants.
Now, maybe I’m the only one that’s had this dream (oh, I hope not – mortification is too fun not to share)…but it brings up an interesting point. There are days where we’ve forgotten to do something intrinsically important to our success, but instead of going back to fix it or getting someone to help, we think, well, tomorrow I’ll make sure I get it done. In the meantime, you walk around hoping no one will notice. That’s crazy! What if that thing was not putting your pants on?
I know it’s a silly example, but sometimes, we just need to slow down and turn around to get the really important things done earlier rather than later. It will free your mind, alleviate you of stress and help you get through your day without the fear of embarrassment, especially if you really did forget to put your pants on.
So, take it from me, keep your pants on, sell ethically and be happy!
~ Deidre
Deidre Hughey, partner at Dancing Elephants Achievement Group of the Carolinas, is a speaker, writer and sales trainer. Her mission is to teach business owners and salespeople how to be successful without compromising their ethical standards. For more information, please visit www.saleselephant.com or send an email to deidre@deagsales.com.
What a great analogy!
It’s so easy to shove important things away as being “not so important” but when it becomes “crucial to social survival”, it’s status is immediatey elevated.
Love it! I will forever now think that complete social ostracization awaits me if I don’t complete that one goal I said I would today – perfect. No more procrastinating!
Great post. Getting the tough stuff done first is always a big confidence boost.
I knew it! Post title like this should really be on Problogger’s list.
I agree with you as we sometimes tend to forget the basic, as life now is getting more complicated due to fast changing of technology.
Thanks for sharing this one and good luck to your entry.
Regards,
Angel Cuala
aka Guardian Angel
I keep having those moments in mid-thought where everything goes blank, sort of like chronic bouts of meditations. But thankfully, have never left the house without my pants on, at least not unintentionally.
cheers & best of luck!
Very well said – and a great title post too…Stepping back and analyzing our situation gives us a better perspective. Sometimes we are so caught in what we are doing that we end up doing the same thing/mistake over and over again.
Good title (problogger project).
And good post, too. I had to follow your pants to find out where the path would lead!
Well done title (came over from ProBlogger)
Clever analogy and makes complete sense.
This is a great analogy and one I’d love to borrow from you. And you’re right, we all have that dream! On a more serious note, we all think we can make up for those little things we miss by doubling up the next – visualizing it as running around naked one day and wearing two pair of pants the next is brilliant.
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