I'm on a business road trip right now getting to do in-person presentations. . .first time since early last year when a bunch of things cancelled due to COVID and it feels great to be up in front of people in the same room as it's a completely different energy from doing these on Zoom. . .

As the same time, coming out of my home in a smaller relatively sleepy community and just seeing how crazed the world is right now and seeing how it's an opportunity to bring light and love to others and into the world.

My sense is that people are attracted to us energetically (or repelled).

On some level part of them might sense "hey, there's something here" and be drawn to it. . .thus the importance of keeping one's energy level / vibrations high. I had forgotten about that but one of the things that was really reinforced for me this trip was that if someone is in front of me, the Universe probably put them there. On the trip, there was one person who obviously wanted to do some work (who wasn't a client) and I got in the trap of trying to handle the considerations of his mind - which wasn't listening, but trying to fix / make things better for him.

Painful for me to be reminded of this in this way because he drifted away and I was kicking myself thinking "man, I missed an opportunity" and just had to have my feelings that came up around this rather than distract myself from them. . .If someone has a reason come up . . .the natural tendency is to want to handle the reason / try to fix it / make it better - instead of just listening and having whatever feelings come up in me without running away from them . . .

What's interesting, is that when I've had my feelings and I get to the point where I don't get triggered emotionally by anything they have to say - the Universe doesn't send me the same challenge anymore . . .first, it's like I've learned my lesson with this as I'm unwavered about a "yes" or "no" and unattached - it doesn't matter if they say "yes" or "no" (so what would be the point of sending me the same thing anymore). Second, I've noticed when I just listen and don't react, what I find is these people more often than not just work it out and say "yes". . .very curious. As long as I resist or try to handle their mind - which is just my stuff and me not being able to be with what comes up in me, I seem to get more of the same. It's only when I "react" and try to fix - which is more like me not being able to be with the emotions / feelings I'm having a hard time being with myself.

Jokingly, I used to say to my male clients in relationships - it's a good habit to get into to ask your wife or girlfriend "is there something you want me to fix here, or do you just want me to listen?" . . . and of course the answer the vast majority of the time is "please just listen".

I'm not saying this is easy, but there's something really incredible here for those who have the ears to listen to what I'm saying.

Incidentally, this is why I like face-to-face or on the phone marketing better than social media or email marketing and think it's a much faster way to build up a clientele. When you do things by social media or email marketing, you don't really get these experiences to feel your way through everything that comes up when someone presents a reason to not do something (which incidentally - is probably something that shows up all over their life and something they probably want to work through anyhow).

Anyhow - this sort of stuff that comes when someone is standing in front of you or over the phone to a much greater degree for sure. . .and as I was mentioning . . .there's actually a unique opportunity that is being presented.

My sense is that trying to fill up a business through social media marketing is a way to "non-confront" having these feelings / emotions come up inside us. I've found the more, I can just feel and be with whatever "reasons" someone has without reacting and just listen and feel - my business clientele fills right up. . .and really interesting how that happens.

Someone might read this and respond "well it's harder to do the face to face stuff or meet people in person these days with COVID" and I respond "that's true", but there's actually opportunities all around us all the time. . .it requires putting oneself out in the world, for sure. It's not easy . . .but it does work for sure :)