In the spirit of the clean slates, resolutions and Auld Lang Syne’s of the New Year’s Eve, here’s my bit of advice for you:
Go disgust yourself.
Really. Take a good look in the mirror and realize just how disgusting you are. It’ll do a lot more for you in 2009 than vowing to lower your caffeine intake or read your Bible every day.
Many a successful direct seller during my AdvoCare days taught me just how great a motivator disgust is. They often admitted that they did nothing with their AdvoCare business until they got so disgusted with themselves and their circumstances that they finally dedicated the necessary effort to make the business work.
Most of us are waiting for a gigantic pile of inspiration to hit us and get us going, when it’s actually a hefy dose of self-depracation that’s really needed.
So, as the clock strikes 12 tonight, go to a mirror and pick out those things that repulse you in the reflection. And not your looks; your traits. Your procrastination. Your fears. Your lack of skills. Your lack of passion.
Identify the disgusters, then figure out how you’re going to attack them.
Here’s to a disgusting 2009.
p.s. Thanks to the Festivus on Marketing series for inspiring this thought.
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