What It Means When You Experience Pain and Discomfort in Business

Having is the byproduct of doing.

When you saw wood, the byproduct is sawdust and cleanly cut wood.

When you cook noodles, the byproduct is a dirty pot and dinner on the table.

People love to think about having the clean cut wood or the final dinner, but forget about the mess that it takes to get it.

When you try something for the first time, you will experience both progress and pain. It’s almost a guarantee.  

The first time I did yoga I thought, “there is no way people do this to relax. I need a doctor and someone needs to bring him to me because I don’t know how I could make my way anywhere without a stretcher.”

Then, you get better… then you try that move that always felt a little too advanced… you’re in pain again… progress… something new… get me a stretcher… progress… new… repeat forever, if you’re doing it right.

Your brain will fight for comfort.

“Please, let me stay here!!! Downward dog is all you were built for!”

We don’t blame our brain, we understand it - it’s job is to keep us safe.

We know that both the progress and the pain are good.

You can’t have the clean cut wood without the pile of sawdust on the floor. 

Being disappointed about having sawdust on the floor will only discourage you and slow your momentum. 

Neither of which we can afford, amen?

Expecting both and greeting them with a good attitude is key.

When you increase your intensity of the doing, your results will also increase.

Sawing 10x the amount of wood = 10x the amount of sawdust.

It’s like running paid ads, you start out slow to test what works, then when you are confident in the results it could bring, you increase the spend to increase intensity.

10x the spend = 10x the risk AND 10x the potential reward.

Expecting that things will be easy and clean and feel awesome 100% of the time is what makes people quit.

Just definitely not us, and certainly not you.

Xo, The Salesgirls

Journal Prompt: What is working in my life or business right now? How can I amp up the intensity to reap even more benefits from it?

If nothing seems to be working? Great, let’s start testing in different areas till something comes out on top.