08/11/2023
Post for day 10, which will be a summary to make up for the last 2 days.
If I were to give you an analogy of the 75-day challenge before and now, it's like going from the backseat of a ride along to behind the wheel with foot on the gas... I believe that hearing the "NO" for over a year changed my mindset. I went from "positive I make it happen" to "wait and see". I made mention of the fact that this challenge has ignited a fire that was once there. My fear of not putting things down in writing because it may jinx it or keep it from happening is gone! No longer living behind fear of failure. I am putting it out there and if it happens then it was meant to be. WOW!!! All that said before my first cup of coffee. That was a little Insite to my thinking about my state of happiness. And this is a result of putting it out there... My wife was listening to my conversation with my fence repair company who just finished the job. He sent me his invoice from QuickBooks with only ACH payment as an option. You can imagine the conversation I'm sure but the end results are next Wednesday I will be writing an application for BillerGenie and putting all of his payments under one umbrella. Happy wife! She does the books, oh by the way she is the one I planted the seed with.
That is just one conversation, Wednesday was my trip to visit Blackstone again and the results, one statement and 4 more hot leads and 4 referrals, luncheon with Chamber of commerce which I will be joining. NO more back seat for me!
I will end with one more positive story. I dropped in on one of my merchants for a quick check-in and the dreaded words came out of her mouth "my terminals are down" she had been working for over two hours with her cable company with little resolve. She had internet but the connection for her cables had been disrupted somehow. She had taken one of her terminals to the back office and connected it to the router for processing cards to run her business. I asked if I could assist and changed the connection from either net to wireless and her counter terminal worked. The staff and owner were very appreciative of the help and said once again you always seem to come in at the right moment. This had happened before but still she noted with appreciation.
I'm going to leave you with a thought. Don't tell people your plans. Show them your results.
Have a GREAT day! Have FUN and MAKE MONEY!!!
Be safe and be well,
Oakie