Break-Away Sales Booster™  
By Mike Stewart, CSP
May 13, 2008

This is Not What I Wanted!
482  words. Just over 2  minutes reading time.

"This is not what I wanted!" is a common complaint repeated endlessly by countless numbers of disappointed people everywhere. After venting their frustration over some unwanted result in their lives and fretting over it for awhile, many of these troubled souls pause to think seriously about their situation and how to solve the problem. 

 We solve problems by asking and answering questions, which most people seem to understand, whether consciously or through simple intuition. As a result, the statement that "This is not what I wanted," may become a question such as:

     Why am I not getting what I wanted . . . What happened?

Unfortunately, this is not the question you need to ask because the answer will not change your situation or get you re-started on the right path. In almost all cases, this common question has a simple answer: You are not getting what you wanted because you made some bad choices and took some wrong turns along the way. 

 Focusing on and trying to answer the wrong questions  uses up precious time and energy, and misdirects your efforts. Instead, you should ask questions that address the real issues, get you back on track, and move you relentlessly toward your goals. Instead, the question you need to ask should sound more like this:

How do I get out of this situation and back on the road 
that will take me where I want to go?

Asking the right questions is easier said than done for way too many of us, and we continue to struggle along in survival mode day after day, month after month, sometimes for years. Why is this? Why do so many reasonably intelligent and rational people fail to ask and answer the right questions about success and happiness in their lives? This should not be a mystery.

              Know the truth and the truth will set you free.
                                                    - The Bible

There are two barriers to asking the right questions for most people who find themselves not getting what they want. The simple truth is that people who are struggling tend to make excuses and blame others instead of accepting the fact that every individual:

  1. Has a Choice in virtually every situation, and
  2. Is solely Responsible and Accountable for their own success
     and happiness

 The truth that will set you free is probably 
the truth that you don't want to hear.
 - Old Eskimo Proverb

 You will get unstuck and back on track to success and happiness at work and in your life to the degree that you can quit making excuses and blaming others, accept and deal with the truths that you don't want to hear, make good choices and accept personal responsibility for your own success and happiness.

 The key to success is doing what you need to do,
when you need to do it, whether
you want to or not.
  - Walter Hailey

 To your success, always!
 
Mike

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