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Yesterday was a great day, everything seemed to go just right. The day started with a beautiful sunrise and very comfortable
temperatures. I grabbed the dogs’ leash and Mojo and myself went for a long walk on the beach.

When we got home, I checked my email and the person I had just added to my franchising program was going “great guns.” She had her own web site and was attracting new clients at the highest rate ever. She was even bringing new recruits into the program. My daughter stopped by and we had a nice lunch together. We reminisced about a lot of things, including some of our friends who we hadn’t seen for quite a while. Like magic, or so it seemed, a dear friend who we hadn’t seen for a long time called, and he and his wife were in town for a couple of days. We set up dinner date at my place, and spent a great evening together – a perfect ending to a wonderful day.

This morning it was raining, my cable service was down so we had no TV, no Internet Access and no Telephone, which in my business is like a “death knell.” We all face trying times in our life. I felt that today was going to be one of those days when nothing would go right, and things would be going downhill all day.

I started to get depressed, but then thought about yesterday. But yesterday is gone and will never come back. Starting to feel
sorry for myself, I remembered a saying my father said many years ago. “Don’t sweat the petty things.” How right he was. My
cable service will be up and running in a short time, so why not use this “quiet time” to plan for tomorrow. Tomorrow is a whole new ball game, and a brand new start. Why not take advantage of today to do some solid planning.

So many people get discouraged when things don’t go exactly as they hoped for, and give up. People who try to start an online business to supplement their income are a perfect example.Initially they were full of hope and energy and everything
seemed to be on track. But when they didn’t immediately reap the benefits of their efforts, they wrote it off as a bad experience.

They were sweating the petty things. If it was a good opportunity when they started, what has changed? If you can’t stand rejection, being in business is not for you. Don’t live in the past. Today’s rejection, is not the end of the world.Rather, try to figure out why your efforts are not working, and plan for tomorrow.

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