No one likes to feel embarrassed, yet embarrassment can be a powerful motivator if you use it correctly.
Jim Rohn, (Tony Robbins’ former boss), tells a great story about how his life was transformed, after he was embarrassed. A little girl came to his door selling cookies for charity and Jim was too broke to buy any – so he lied to her. The deep embarrassment he felt afterwards was a tipping point, which eventually saw him go on to develop a multi-million dollar fortune.
When I first set my business up, I had a client, who was always late paying me. I found out later from one of her former employees that this was something she did with everyone; not for cash-flow reasons, her business was cash-rich, but because she actually enjoyed it! I used to get really embarrassed having to call her office and ask for my payment each month; so I decided after 1 too many embarrassing conversations, to fire her as a client.
However, that embarrassing experience was what helped motivate me to create my massively successful 1 year marketing service; which for more than a decade now, has seen me help small and medium sized businesses from all over the world with their marketing.
If you are feeling embarrassed about any element of your business right now, use the power of that feeling to motivate you to do something positive about it. If you can’t afford to fix what’s embarrassing you, then focus first on making more money. Here are 34 marketing ideas you can use starting today, to help you quickly increase your sales and profits.
Oh, and here are another 10 great marketing tips I suggest you take a look at too.
Whatever you do, don’t just complain and then stay the same.
That kind of thinking will drive you nuts!
I love the number one on the list of tips.. I hate email spam with a passion. Godaddy for example always sends a ton of what I call spam and I don’t get it. I like there services and I just wish they would trust themselves.. when I want to buy a URL I will go there. the emails are just annoying. I see email as something for friends or business not for spam.. Getting an email is exciting.. it could be a friend and when it isn’t, When it is some business, it is just depressing..
I think you just replied to a different post?
Not sure if you remember me. I came to one of your live events Jim and remember you making this exact point.
I now use what used to be negatives, to drive me forward. Ya know what big fella? It works.
Thanks.
Pat,
I remember you very well – great that you have taken time to pop by the blog.
Like they say, when life gives you lemons, go and make some lemonade.
Embarrassment can be a strong motivator to do better, most of us see it as a moment of shame to shrink out of existence and forget all that occurred.