Bizz Tip #2: The 7-11 Rule. Persistence Pays-off

If you're like me, it takes forever to find the motivation to try something new - even if somewhere deep inside I know it's 'just what I need'. Many of you know that I love to dance. At age 40, after 15 years of NOT dancing, a friend gave me a postcard for Ecstatic Dance and was strongly told, "You have to do this."

You know what I did? I put the postcard on my fridge, and glancing at it from time-to-time would think, "I've got to do that". When I got irritated about not doing it, the postcard with the dancing figures, would be moved to a more strategic place - as a reminder to go - NEXT WEEK.

I did the fridge-shuffle for an ENTIRE YEAR before it clicked that 'now' was the time to go. What was that click that finally said , "YES"? I DO NOT KNOW. What I do know is that it took seeing that postcard many times, hearing about the dance from others, and awareness of my own discomfort before I actually saw the postcard in a whole new 'YES' way - and started to dance again. (I haven't stopped since.)

The 7-11 Rule
New Students must 'SEE' you
7 - 11 times before saying YES!
'See' is any kind of connection. IE: hear your name, read a postcard, bump into you in person...

There are so many FUN ways to BE SEEN! Here's a few of my favorites:

Join an event in which you have an interest or commonality
ie: I just MC'd a Yogathon on Mercer Island and now have 2 new clients.

Throw a (free) 'networking' event. (And Use YogaBizz!!)
ie: Consider the YogaBizz events. Do you feel more connected to me after coming to these?

Simply do what you love!
ie: I am still dancing! Many of my clients say, "yes" after seeing me boogey-down!

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The 7-11 Challenge: Be Seen TWO new ways this month!
Not sure how? Get help: Join Teacher Talk, LAST Wed May 28, or call. 206.300.7333. Share what happens! Send me your story and it may go in the next YogaBizz.

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