If It Were Easy…
I found this post more difficult to write than most.
The last month or more has been busy and professionally not much fun. I’ve been focused on things that I don’t like to do. The winter months are the slowest in my business, and this year, in some respects, it seems tougher than others. So right now every day is a 12-hour day – working to secure new business, protect existing business, collect receivables and manage payables… I think that the accountants call that cash flow management.
One day recently when I was in my office and hard at it, the former owner of the business, Dennis, came around the corner and caught me there with my head in my hands and staring at the computer screen. He was apparently in a good mood and simply said with a big smile “Henry, if it was easy everyone would do it!” And before I could mutter a response he was gone.
I think that Dennis was just glad that it wasn’t his job to do it anymore! But truer words may never have been spoken. And to continue the thought – If everyone could do it, it wouldn’t be worth doing!
You and I were created uniquely. We were given unique gifts and talents, and have cultivated unique skills. These are the things that give us the ability to do things that others can’t and make it look easy – even when it’s absolutely not.
So, with nothing left in my office but me and the echo, all that I could do was smile. I sat back in my chair, saved the Excel spreadsheet, shut down Outlook for the day and grabbed my coat. A light dinner, a glass of Scotch and a good night’s sleep is what this situation called for. I guess that if I’m the only one who can do it then I’ll need a clear head so I can get back at it tomorrow.
Just #XEQTE.
I think we have all had moments of self doubt or feeling overwhelmed. Perhaps you may have been experiencing a case of the “burnouts”. God brought you to it, he’ll bring you through it! Take a break, breathe and then get back at it. You got this!