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Business is Slow ? Now What?

Every once in awhile we experience a low in our business, things calm down for a few days possibly even a week and we find ourselves with time on our hands. What do you do when you have time on your hands? Do you organize, handle backlog, play, or just sweat over when the business is coming back?

Each of us chooses different ways to handle our down time. The very productive will handle all back log and then move on to organizing everything from their files to their knick knacks. There are individuals who see down time as play time. These individuals will let the machines answer the phones (or receptionist) while they spend quality time with family and friends, taking in sporting events, catching up on TV viewing, a good book, or even their sleep. However there are a few who spend their time simply in angst about when the business will return, how long it will be gone and what they can do to get it back. The few who angst may actually be the one?s who do more damage than the ones out playing.

State of mind has a lot to do with our attracting business to us. You?ve all heard that like attracts like (if you haven?t pick a copy of The Secret or Google the phrase). By putting out nothing but fear for lack of business, you inevitably attract exactly that ?lack of business.? So instead of taking advantage of your down time by being productive, or even taking advantage of it by relaxing, you have instead caused a barrier between you and business returning to you. Simply by fearing lack of business, you have attracted lack of business.

You might be wondering how it is possible that you, the person who is scrambling around looking for new business has caused a lack of business; while the person sleeping in or hanging out with friends hasn?t caused a lack of business. The difference is as simple as the person taking a break is doing just that, they expect business to pick back up shortly and are simply taking advantage of the down time. You the one fearing the business may never come back, has set the wheels in motion for the business not to return. You have sent a clear message to the universe of your expectations; thereby the universe is responding in kind providing you exactly what you are expecting ?lack of business.?

As we have now established who is attracting ?lack of business,? let?s look at who is taking steps to attract more business. You might be hoping it?s the one out playing and having a good time. You?d be wrong. While they are not fretting over business and not sending any negative messages they also are not setting any wheels in motion at all. Instead they are just relaxing. Let me say quickly there is nothing wrong with a good vacation or some down time, we all need it from time to time and when better to take advantage then when business slows down. However, for the purposes of this article the person not acting in any capacity is not attracting business one way or the other.

The person who is attracting more business to them is the individual who is spending all of their down time being extremely productive. The one who is handling all back logged work and organizing everything in the office. Why? Simply because they are ?clearing out the old and making way for the new.?

What does it mean to clear out the old and make way for the new? By going through and completing, finishing all old work projects, handling all old filing and clearing any back logged work from their desk and business they are sending a clear message to the universe they are READY to receive new business. Then taking it a step further by de-cluttering and organizing they are sending a message they have made room to receive that new business. Simply put they are attracting new clients, new business to them.

For those of you who don?t understand, nor want to understand the concept of ?The Universe,? or ?like attracts like,? the above probably sounded too far fetched for you to believe. So let?s put in different terms. Anyone who takes action in their down time by making room for more business will be more prepared and ready to receive new clients, simply because you won?t be bombarded by old work, when the business arrives. Instead, you?ll be 100% ready to make your new clients your priority.

Take action be productive and benefit.

Full post as published by Impartial Inc on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).