FEED: If you could give us only one helpful takeaway, what would it be?
EDDIE O’CONNOR: Don’t look to feel better. I’m not saying tolerate all the crap in your life, but I do find that we’re pretty intolerant of uncomfortable situations.We so quickly wanted to get out of 2020 – as if 2021 was going to be something else!
How do you absorb the cold? How do you stop fighting the reality of what it is? Sometimes you get pushed into doing positive things that you wouldn’t have done otherwise. You can say, “This is how I want to help the
I wanted to go up to every single person and say, “You’re going to be so disappointed.You’re setting yourself up for failure.” I don’t want people sitting around depressed; I’m not talking about resignation. But I want
world!” But if the world doesn’t want to be helped in that way, you’re going to fail. I might have a beautiful idea, but if it’s not solving my client’s problems, it doesn’t matter. I have to ask myself, am I a
“WE’RE INA WINTER SEASON RIGHT NOW”
people to settle in and admit we’re in a tough time. We’re in a winter season right now and we can’t just complain about the lack of sunshine and snow on the ground and keep hoping for summer.The question is, how do you make the best of winter?
servant to my industry, or to my clients, or to my membership?That may be uncomfortable. I may have to figure it out, I may have to learn. But if I am in service to them and giving them what they want, then that’s where the success will come.
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