{"id":1130,"date":"2012-11-27T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T14:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2015-11-15T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T02:53:25","slug":"wishing-for-a-different-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2012\/11\/27\/wishing-for-a-different-outcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Wishing for a Different Outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are contemplating selling your business, quitting your job, or changing your personal situation, unless you have a time machine, unusually a \u201cdo-over\u201d is not possible.\u00a0 Instead, change your view, literally and figuratively!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literally:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instead of sitting in your office stand or sit in the conference room,<\/li>\n<li>Change the location of your desk in your office if possible,<\/li>\n<li>Change your office &#8211; if you are the owner, move away from the office hub-bub,<\/li>\n<li>Dress-up more for work,<\/li>\n<li>Drive a different way to work and buy your AM beverage someplace different,<\/li>\n<li>Read a different newspaper or turn off the TV and radio,<\/li>\n<li>Sit in a different chair at dinner time, or<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge strangers with a nod or smile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Figuratively:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do a visioning exercise <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Business_Visioning.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Change your job mindset &#8211; think of it as a stepping stone to your next adventure.\u00a0 Or as a client did, she continued working but thought of her job as a great retirement job.\u00a0 This simple change made her want to come to work and be a great employee instead of worrying about the corporate ladder.<\/li>\n<li>Change your mindset of your business &#8211; getting a plan to selling, passing it on or maybe even merging means you need to be ready.\u00a0 Get a heads-up of your readiness with the Sellability Score <a title=\"Sellability Score Card\" href=\"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/sellability-score-card\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Reread Steven Covey&#8217;s 7 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743269519\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0743269519&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=changinglanes.biz-20\">Habits of Highly Effective People<\/a>\u00a0 and start with the end in mind.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t know where you want to end your business, your career, or leave your personal legacy, you will likely get somewhere &#8211; it just might be a surprise &#8211; and often not a good one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, if you don\u2019t get an insight right away, continue for on this project for at least a month because often what needs a \u201cdo-over\u201d is our way of thinking.\u00a0 When we get comfortable with our beauty and our warts we sometimes fail to see the opportunities for the future.\u00a0 Change your focal point and see what happens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are contemplating selling your business, quitting your job, or changing your personal situation, unless you have a time machine, unusually a \u201cdo-over\u201d is not possible.\u00a0 Instead, change your view, literally and figuratively! 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