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Are Your Arms Wide Open?

Written by: Laura Posey

Article Overview: Do you ever have one of those weeks that just knock you for a loop? The kinds where it feels like you are a roller coaster? High as a kite on Monday, wondering where your next check is coming from Tuesday, feeling a little like you got kicked in the head by a mule on Wednesday, just doing your best to endure Thursday and then flying again on Friday?

Are Your Arms Wide Open?

Do you ever have one of those weeks that just knock you for a loop? The kinds where it feels like you are a roller coaster? High as a kite on Monday, wondering where your next check is coming from Tuesday, feeling a little like you got kicked in the head by a mule on Wednesday, just doing your best to endure Thursday and then flying again on Friday?

This has been one of those weeks for me. Here’s what I learned.

They say life is all about balance but does that mean simply that the highs and lows cancel each other out? Or is it deeper than that?

What I found this week is that balance has a lot to do with keeping your arms open wide. Sure, from a physics standpoint that will keep you from falling over but it is more than that.

Keeping your arms open wide allows you to let get of things that are trying to pull you to the ground as well as allowing you to receive all the things other people are wanting to give you. In some cases, keeping your arms open just puts you in the right position to give some who needs one a hug.

By keeping my arms wide open this week I was able to partner with a company that is going to bring enormous technological experience to a project I’m working on in exchange for a piece of the revenue the project produces. It’s a great deal for my partner who is going to make more than they would if they just got a check from me. It’s also wonderful for me because it preserves cash, gets a much higher quality of work done and frees me from having to do things I’m not completely competent at. If my arms hadn’t been open, I couldn’t have accepted their gracious offer.

It has also happened that not one, but two, of my dear friends really needed big hugs this week. Luckily, I was prepared to give them.

Finally, just when a project I was working on looked doomed to failure, I let go of some foolish pride and let the world take me in another direction. Suddenly I got a new inspiration and turned the whole thing around in a matter of hours. Yep, arms wide open again.

As you start this week, what are you open to receiving from your prospects and clients? Are you prepared to wrap your arms around another human being and offer unconditional comfort or love? Spend a few hours this week being completely open to whatever comes at you, accepting it just as it is. You might find you get more than you ever expected.

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Article Tags: marketing, motivation, sales, sales tips, small business



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