Still on the topic of Rhonda Byrne's "The Magic".
All about feeling deep gratitude for your job, day-job, moonlighting job, odd job - you name it!
I found this chapter particularly interesting from a business owner's perspective. The moment one stops being grateful for business and the energy starts shifting to worries about overheads etc. you risk the possibility of being caught in a downward spiral. Been there, done that :(
I remember many a dreadful evening at my guesthouse in Zanzibar during the period just after 9/11. Tourism dropped by 70% on the island itself and all I could focus on was how BAD business was.
Took me a few weeks to realise the potential in catering to the local populace instead. Sure it was trial and error, but after the first local band played at the restaurant the daily grind seemed worthwhile again. Once my energy levels were high again the tide turned towards revenue instead of loss...profits were in sight again soon enough.
Onwards, upwards. Always!
