How do you react in a storm?
By Michael StelznerWhen it rains hard, how does it impact your writing and your business?
I live in Southern California. It is usually pretty dry here.
However, a good two inches of rain poured down from heaven over the last 24 hours.
Because we have a new arrival at home, I took the week off and helped shuttle my kids to school.
One thing I noticed is that a little bit of rain on their faces freaks them out.
When the trials of life and business rain down on you, how do you react?
Do you embrace the rain? Are you hiding under an umbrella or hood?
I know in my case I need to remind myself to make new calls from or to prospects; a never ending part of my process to keep the waters from stagnating.
How do you handle the rain?
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December 2nd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I live in Oregon, a great place for writers to live because it is often gray and/or raining. What a great reason to stay in and write!
So perhaps in Oregonian’s case, the question would be, “How do you handle sunshine? Do you embrace it or does it freak you out?”
Honestly, sometimes the sunshine does bug me. When I lived in Colorado it was sunny all the darn time. That really got on my nerves. My favorite time there was in the winter, during snow storms.
In fact, today we had a storm and I sported my rain pants for the first time in years. They work great! Especially when you have two really muddy dogs.
This probably also describes how I handle business bumps. When the rain comes, just put on your rain gear and shoulder the storm.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:36 am
Mike,
When the trials of life and business rain down on me, my first reaction is often to hole up and stay warm and dry. But I won’t usually let that go on very long. There’s only so much hiding you can do when you run your own business.
My next reaction is to get out there and embrace it. Or take off my coat and let myself get soaked. Or fight it. Or wrestle it to the ground until it screams “uncle.” (To change metaphors mid-thought.)
Today it’s snowing/raining/sleeting here in Boston. Great day to stay indoors and dig in to fight the current demon looking over my shoulder!
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Christina and Manya;
Thanks for your comments!
I can relate to the sun being the enemy sometimes. This is a big issue in the summers in San Diego.
Manya, good for you that you embrace the rain!
Mike
December 4th, 2007 at 12:31 am
It takes time but everyone gets use to the rain both in business and the real rain