Wikipedia's definition of the pace car "pace car or "safety car" is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track. During a caution period the safety car enters the track ahead of the leader. Competitors are not allowed to pass the safety car or other competitors during a caution period, and the safety car leads the field at a pre-determined safe speed, which may vary by series and circuit. At the end of the caution period, the safety car leaves the track and the competitors may resume racing."
There are down times in any business. Fact. But if you remember what your thoughts and goals were when you started, you will never find yourself behind the pace car. The pace car sets the speed. You can't do anything but keep up. At that time, you aren't in the lead nor are you gaining anything, you are just maintaining until you can break out of the crowd and resume racing and win the race.
Business is like this if you allow it to be. If you choose to follow the pace car and never take a challenge and venture out, you will be caught on the same track as those just keeping up. Sometimes opportunities come and people will jump into it full heartedly wanting to succeed. But you see them not doing anything any different that anyone else. Just behind the pace car. They don't go the extra mile to make sure they stand out from the crowd. I'm thinking they never really thought the plan through. They just thought everything happens by osmosis. Kind of the build it and they will come way of thinking. It doesn't work that way.
Work is work. Planning for success is hard work. It takes drive. It takes resolve. It takes a committment. How many times have I heard a new person thinking of going into business and this is their thought process. "I'm going to TRY this or that." TRY? Then give up now, because if you are just going to TRY something, it will never work. You will find that you can't get anyone else excited about your business venture either if you are not committed to it.
When you made that big decision to get married, were part of your vows "I will try to live with this person". Of course not, hopefully you made a committment, the same is true for business. You make a committment to make it work. You don't sit behind the pace car waiting for an opportunity to break out of the crowd. You break out of the crowd. YOU take the initiative. YOU commit, YOU resolve YOU will make it work. Could it fail? Yes. Would that make you a failure? No.
I've been around business all my life. I've seen success. I've seen failure. But, I have never seen failure in people who committed, were driven, and weren't afraid to launch out ahead of the pace car.
It really is mind over matter.
Mary Welch-Broker/Owner Preferred Choice Realty
1403 Central
Harper, Ks. 67058