Davis Virtual Assistants

One of the saddest things I heard last week was, “I’ve lost heart and I don’t feel about this the way I used to.” Sweetheart, my goodness … don’t make me cry! This statement came from a business owner who found me on the web, liked what I had to say, and decided to pick up the phone and dial my digits. (Love that very last part, by the way!) He, a Midwestern business owner, had started to lose heart and the excitement he felt at the infancy of his business.

I think we all have these feelings at some point, and I’ll include myself in that statement. There are some days when I wonder why in the hell am I doing this! Sure, I could go back to Corporate Cubicle Monkeyland and possibly end up like this guy:

But then I stop and think back to all my time in business when I wasn’t in charge, or waited for my yearly performance appraisal for some schmuck of a manager to tell me what I already knew, and then to fork over a 2.5% raise, or having to work with co-workers who didn’t share my work ethic. Whatever. I’m done with all of that.

I’ve come to accept that “losing heart,” albeit temporarily, is okay, as long as my brain doesn’t take that initial thought and translate it into zombieness and make me want to close up shop. I look at it as a course correction; something is amiss in my business world, and that’s my cue to step away from everything I’ve built and step away from the day-to-day grind. It’s at this point I take stock of all my successes and everything I’ve achieved and smack myself back into my reality, which is pretty damn good. Yes, I’ve got stresses the likes of which “Lori the Office Worker” never had, and that’s cool. I dig that part of my life! I’m tougher, smarter and more in touch with my entrepreneurial side. My reality is that I’m the Head Chick in Charge and what I say goes, and there is absolutely no way anyone or anything will take that away from me.

Mr. Midwestern and I had a very good chat, and I’ve come to find out his “heart” is truly not lost. Like many of us, he’s mired down in the minutiae of it all, and can’t see his way to clearer skies. This guy and YOU and YOU and YOU in the back hiding your head in shame, are too special and amazing and businesslicious to not bound out of bed every morning and have thoughts of World Domination on your mind! That’s how I feel every morning, and I want to ensure you experience the same giddiness I feel each morning when I open up the world HQ of Davis Virtual Assistants. I don’t want you to lose your heart about your business! When you start to feel that way (and at some point you will), I need for you to verbalize these thoughts and then take the next step of getting help, so you will once again feel warm and fuzzy and sexy about your business. Can you do that for me? I know that you can …

DavisVA.com Directive: Do not beat yourself up about having these feelings. Write them down, tell a family member and colleague, and keep the positive momentum going to unfunk your mind. I know I can be of assistance for one very important aspect of your business world, and I’d love to tell you why. Don’t lose heart! Instead, call me at 866.611.LORI and let’s talk.