Are you waiting to hear, sorry, there’s no hope for you?

I don’t mind losing to competition (okay, I do!). What I can’t stand is losing to our biggest competitor: Doing Nothing. Why? Because I want you to succeed, and when we at VisionPoints spend time exploring approaches and planning how best to position your business for growth, we are saddened by prospective clients who choose inaction. I feel this way about clients who never made it to calling us, too, but when you’ve acknowledged the Pain Points in your own Customer Experience, recognized the need for Experience Design and found the Solution that’s right for you, why give up?

After a recent disappointment with a fascinating new client firm, I can only wonder—are some owners seeking an out? Do they get cold feet when it’s time to sign the contract we craft together because it’s not success they want (which we certainly aim our clients toward), but failure they’re looking for approval on?

Profound lack of corporate self-esteem?

Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.”
—Mr. Edward Magorium

Stop doing nothing. Sorry, there is hope for your business.

What are you waiting for?

Grow and be well,

Kelly Erickson

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6 Responses to “This Is No Occasion for Doing Nothing”

Brett Legree says:
22 April 2008, 7:45 am

I read this somewhere, can’t recall right now, but I loved it:

“If what you’re doing isn’t working, do something else. Do anything else.”

I’m trying to live like that these days… it works.

Thanks for the words – Brett

Kelly Erickson says:
22 April 2008, 7:59 am

Brett,

That phrase is perfect. DO something else.

I can’t imagine you’d ever be caught in the Doing Nothing trap. Some folks are just not genetically able to do nothing!

Regards,

Kelly

Brett Legree says:
22 April 2008, 8:41 am

Kelly,

I’m glad that you like it. It is from a list of things, 10 in all – I’ll find it and email it to you. I printed it out and put it up on my office wall.

And you likewise – we are people of action!

(Right now, I don’t want to sit at my desk… I want to get up and run.)

Talk with you soon – Brett

Mark Krusen says:
22 April 2008, 4:46 pm

Kelly, I sometimes wonder if I’ve been afraid to succeed. I think life’s ups and downs have positioned me for success I just have to reach for it.Maybe I even have to recognize it. Maybe I’m successful now and don’t know it.hmmmm.

Andy Bailey says:
22 April 2008, 5:07 pm

hi! you once (or twice) asked me about a version of commentluv for typepad. well, I think I might have come up with one that will and it’s based entirely in javascript so all it would take would be adding a few lines to the head part of your template

any chance you can test a version for me if I configure it to be used on typepad?

Kelly says:
22 April 2008, 5:18 pm

Brett,

Looking forward to that email. New motivational thoughts always welcome.

Mark,

Fear is a huge blocker. Sometimes it takes a few moments of “hmm” to shake things up a bit, right? Then you can move into the mindframe for doing something fresh.

Glad to get you thinking about it.

Andy!

How exciting! I can absolutely do that for you. You have my email. I will not only be glad to beta-test, I’ll shout about it from the mountaintops if it works (which I do anyway, to people other than TypePadders).

Thanks so much for remembering me!

Regards to all,

Kelly

I know, I need more exclamation points in that last bit. And a smiley face.