Un-Stuck…
Bringing clarity to an overwhelmed mind in business and in life…
I have to be careful of my routines even if they seem good. Even if my routines seem to be good they might not be right in the season I find myself in. It’s been coming to my attention that some of my routines or ways of doing and thinking might need some adjustment.
The past month has been a whirlwind of events in so much that at times I have to really take a minute to let everything catch up to each other. Being in the field of business development, marketing, sales and all things of such nature things and the environment can change without little notice. As I find myself involved in these changes it is reminding me to stay un-stuck from me and my old ways. When it comes to doing what I enjoy doing, which is business development, I know that it can take time to get settled into new situations because in business development it requires trust that is earned over time and not given right away. To be honest the concept of earning trust over time goes into any field one might find themselves in. Currently it isn’t so much the aspect of the work required but making the right adjustments while keeping my roots grounded in the right foundation.
The previous organization I had a contract with was my family for the past 2 years and while we might not see each other every day we all still stay connected. With my previous team I realized the benefit of having a team that had a family culture established within itself. We really acted and operated like a family and yes we didn’t always get along, but we still had/have love for each other. Working with a family team helped in business development because my job was and is to be the bridge from the healthcare facility I work with to the community. When my family team operates and functions as one unit it’s easy to create those relationships in the community that converts to consistent business. Because in healthcare and in the field I am serving in, it’s my family team at the facility that assist in my success and vice versa. When I approach someone in the healthcare community interested in the facility I represent I am not selling the facility but an experience. My opportune moment is when I am able to inform the community of my family team at the facility and the wonderful stories and great outcomes our patients are experiencing. When I perform my duties by informing our community of the success our patients are having because of my family team they are able to exercise their gifts more and more. As I keep informing the community of our great outcomes the more opportunities my family team has to not only practice their gifts but also improve their gifts.
I know I have to be careful of my old ways of doing and thinking and this new adventure along this journey is allowing me to recognize that I need to make some adjustments. With my previous organization it was easy to be on the road because I knew my family team and knew how we all operated as one unit. But now I have a new family team and that will require me to get un-stuck of my previous routines and do what is right. In business development its right to be out in the field and creating new opportunities but at moments we find ourselves having to make adjustments. While it is right to be out in the field and creating opportunities it is also a bit hard to know whom I am discussing. While I do know the industry because of my years of performing in the industry doesn’t mean sure success because I have to also know my family team. One of my functions is to be that bridge from my healthcare facility to the community and that requires trust over time. My new family team has to trust that my best interest is in the facility and not my own personal goals and ambitions. My success only happens if they trust me, but that also requires me to become un-stuck from my old routine. Nothing is more important than for me to also create relationships with my new family team just as much as it is to create relationships with the new countless opportunities at our family’s front door.
“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” (Proverbs 15:22, NIV)
