 Finding Your Fire
“Life is not tried; it is merely survived, if you’re standing outside of the fire.” – Garth
A wise advisor said to me, “Do you want to know how to get busy in September? Get busy in June!”
To do this, one has to get ‘Fired’ up so to speak.
There are all kinds of Behavioral Assessment Systems out there whether they measure ones’ Behaviors as Dominance, Influence, Steadiness or Compliance or as a Controller, Promoter, Supporter or Analyzer they are akin to the elements of Fire, Air, Earth and Water.
This goes back to 444 B.C when Empedocles, founder of the school of medicine in Sicily stated that everything was made up of four “roots” or elements and these elements can be combined in an infinite number of ways, just as painters can crate a great number many pigments with only four different colors.
The challenge, based upon Behavioral Research is that 18% of the population exhibits the Behavioral Characteristics of Fire which has a strong ability to respond to problems and challenges and the rest of the following Behavioral Styles are more introverted and have to adapt into the Dominance, Controller or Fire Behavioral Style; the Influence, Steadiness or Compliance or the Promoter, Supporter or Analyzer that are again akin to the elements of Air, Earth & Water
One can only adapt into the Dominance, Controller or Fire Behavioral Style if they take the time to understand and take care of their Natural Behavioral Style so that they can adapt their Behavioral Style when the need arises because they will burn out if they don’t.
The challenge is compounded because most Behavioral Styles are just too needy to get into the fire.
They are either addicted to approval and consumed with talking and talking and talking trying to get their unmet needs met from someone, and they fail to put their vision and plan in writing because they have ADD; Always Day Dreaming because it is easy to talk rather than write and act.
Another style is addicted to safety always playing it safe, resisting change and waiting for someone to tell them what to do.
The other is addicted to the unmet need of control, and even though they may sit down and write the vision and plan it will never be perfect enough for them to take action.
This is not the summer to sit on the fence.
This is the summer to take action. “It is only a matter of time for things to turn around” said one airline passenger to another. The passenger had just returned from the Paris Air Show. The passenger acknowledged that things are still slow but again, “It is only a matter of time for things to turn around”.
If I was in the business of coaching owners of airlines I would have struck up a conversation.
Here is the thing, it is easier to get in touch with prospects while it is slow because when things take off, it will be too late because the prospects will be too busy and everyone will be an expert again.
The time to share your values, vision, purpose, mission and value proposition is now.
There reason that I say this is you are not your product or service. |
