When No One is 'BITING'

 When No One is 'BITING'

Are you ready to be all by yourself in your private island out there in the Pacific?  Surely there will be zero takers to this proposition because as John Donne says, 'no man is an island'.  On the contrary, we just can't exist without co-existing because that's just how really goes.  Otherwise, it really defeats the very purpose of life itself.

Who needs an audience ?  Everybody does.  But the bigger question is, will everyone just be biting and riding through your spiel ?  Likely not.  You gotta grind and grind harder than you thought.  Unless it's the 'cordon sanitaire' of a political leader or his subalterns, nothing will be served to you on a silver platter.

You could be dealing with your immediate family, even your kids or siblings or your workmates but you gotta toil hard.  And do embed the mantra that you need them more than they need you.  Think how to progress in your steps towards your goals.  You would need every drip, every drop of BUY-IN from every stakeholder.  And do dread that scary scenario of seeing them walk away from you.

How then do you get the BUY-IN ?  No frills, it's all B2B [back to basics].  Firstly, BE PREPARED.  Unless you are prepared, trust me, you can't be cockier than you want to be.  Have that COMPELLING reason or purpose.  And before swinging everyone else to your side, get your very own BUY-IN, heads over heels.  Have you been into those disgusting moments when, even from deep within yourself, you doubted yourself, you were UNSURE whether you'll take the plunge or NOT ?  So, how'd you go from here ?  Make it REAL ! If your moves are so contrived, no one will be biting.  And that's bad.

Mediocrity ?  That's the elephant in the room we wanna and should avoid [at all costs].  Have that 'locker room' mentality.  As life is a 'trap' game, we gotta handle our business as what the doctor [that Wellness doctor though, and NOT that ER doctor] ordered us to. And when you start to swing your fences, have that mindset of refusing to end up being left at the podium all alone and abandoned, ending up to be licking your chops.  

Many years ago, I had to prep for a presentation to our corporate CIO, arriving on a whistle-stop visit and I was allotted no more than 5 minutes.  And my Dutch mentor never missed giving this ground rule.  All I have is 60 seconds to get his attention.  After 60 seconds, I'll lose his him unless I really made my mark on him.  Are you ready to make your mark ???