Back to One - starting over after losing everything
by 1 person |
Ranked #18,294 in Business, #207,443 overall | Donates to Room to Read, Fund for Peace, Ecotrust
After you've lost everything... then what?
How do you deal with catastrophic loss? After the shock dissipates, how do you find the strength to pick up the pieces and start again?
I've weathered several setbacks and have some tips to share. Let's discuss coping strategies.
I've weathered several setbacks and have some tips to share. Let's discuss coping strategies.
Get your hot links here
- DreamSpace Arts
- DreamSpace Arts is the place you can play, refresh, attempt and stretch. This is where dreams come to play. What's yours?
- The Rainbow Factory
- The Rainbow factory is our original website. We've built this one up from the ground with almost nothing but determination and creativity.
How can I help?
What gives me to experience to offer advice?
For the last 50 years, I've gone through cycles where I've lost everything and rebuilt approximately every 7 years. I've faced both natural disasters and business failures and have not let any of them stop me from living a life I love, one that I created out of the very loss that cost me everything.
I've developed strategies and systems to rebuild that I share with others who need it.
I've developed strategies and systems to rebuild that I share with others who need it.
Favorite Tips
Million Dollar Tools
If I told you I had a tool that could make you lots of money if used correctly, wouldn't you want to have one? Here's a whole toolbag full of them
- Here's an awesome technique that has served me well for years. When you have delivered your product and your customer is thrilled with the work you've done, get out your Referral Journal and a pen and be ready to write down the names they give you. Break eye contact and look at the page with your pen poised to write. You'll be surprised at how easily folks will share.
- Once you've gotten a referral, ask your customer to call that person for you and give you an introduction. That way you're never walking in cold.
- Never let your customer answer a question with a yes or no. When scheduling an appointment, offer a choice. That way, it's their idea not yours. Example: "Would next Tuesday or Thursday be better for you?" "Let's see, I'll need about 45 minutes, would 1 or 3pm be better?" "Do you think {their referral) would be interested in sitting in? Why don't we give them a call and ask them". This last one kills two birds with one stone - you get introduced AND you get to give your speel to more than one person at a time.
Great Stuff on Amazon
It's all about the tools, you know. Keep your edge honed!
In order to succeed you must read. In the words of folks who have done what you're trying to do are pearls of wisdom and ways to do things you may not have thought of (even though we know you're intelligent and on top of things).
The Grief Recovery Workbook: Helping You Weather the Storms of Death, Divorce, and Overwhelming Disappointments
Amazon Price: (as of 07/12/2009) 
Loss and Grief Recovery: Help Caring for Children With Disabilities, Chronic or Terminal Illness
Amazon Price: $48.95 (as of 07/12/2009)
Back To Life: Your Personal Guidebook To Grief Recovery
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 07/12/2009)
by DeBorahBeatty
Hi there! I have been an entrepreneur since my earliest memory and am a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks. For some years, I was a Sales Tra...
(more)
