Somedays you get the bear, somedays the bear gets you

[mvickyway 256]

It is good to vent! Glad you're keeeping your chin up as you release steam! You still sound uber positive down deep and will prevail

[gamergirl 4,610]

Gamergirl -

First off, you're one of my favorite posters. The rest of my faves will have to live in suspense....as I will not reveal their identities (until I start drinking again..maybe?)

This posting really shines a light on the pressures of rainmaking and how frustrating it can be for those people who need to hunt work, get in the door, work on the presentation, present, and then WAIT to hear if they made the cut. If you do get the work, there is the endless back and forth of client service based upon the whims of clients who lack strategic vision. A huge task in itself.

When I had a stall in rainmaking, I would take an hour or two and step back to look at my business plan overall. I would analyze where my best money was coming in and that included an analysis of how much time/energy/money it took to generate that income. I know at one time, very similar to what you were experiencing, I actually dropped 5 % of my client because they were just not meeting my expectations financially - they were inefficient sources of income.

After the analysis, I determined which clients I would like to attract and which of my current clients I wanted to get more business from to INCREASE my income. Why bother doing the analysis if I wasn't going to improve?!

Stalls and uncertainty in business lead to improvements in efficiency and effectiveness. Find out what the other company did to get the work. My guess is..they had a contact. I lost out more work to connections than any other reason. I networked like crazy but there are just some contacts you can never make. If I lost the work for another reason, then I worked on improving that aspect of my business.

OK...off the soapbox... What you are doing is tough work. I relate to the pains of being on the client service side of business. Keep at it. Stay tough.

And just like the stall in your weight loss lifted, working on your business plan will result in more business coming in.... Better business I hope.

tc

I loved reading your post. I read bits of it out to my husband. One of the strange and unexpected benefits of this forum for me, has been the support and stories about things that don't even really concern surgery, but just life challenges. Pretty much everything I'm going through, someone else on here can relate to and share their own experiences about, and that is a pretty powerful experience.

I used to be on a dating site's side forum that met the same need for me, but once I met my husband, I stopped going there. I still have many virtual friends, but we're not on the forum anymore.

I was struck by what you said re similarities in weight loss stalls, and rainmaking stalls. You get through both the same way don't you? Ensure you scrutinize what you're doing, tighten up areas, you're screwing up in, keep the faith, and keep at it. In life as in business, what other way is there to win?

Thank you for that insight. ((hugs))