Some business people are settling for what they have rather than continuing to work towards dreams ambitions, aspirations plans or whatever they started with.
For many the best – or worst – example is the overdraft. However much we owe the bank becomes zero so that a £9,900 debt is OK because the limit is £10,000. Or the high hopes we had for an income at the start has now become gratitude that we are taking enough to get by.
We may blame it on being unrealistic, or being over ambitious, or the state of the economy or the area we are in, but whatever reason we tell ourselves is the cause of our falling short, if we accept it we are just settling. In truth the only problem is us, sometimes the very attitude that got us started starts to become a weakness, but the only person who can change things is you. Nigel Botterill has a mantra – ‘If it is to be it is down to me!’ Now I suspect that he borrowed it from somebody else so it is fine for you to use it!
No one should blame anybody for feeling battle weary, tired or too busy to think. It is just a truth, no matter how unfair, that nobody else can change things but you!
All the best
Chris Olchawski
