4 things you need as a Businessman to optimize during the Recession

4 Steps to WIN in times of crisis 

There is good news and bad news in moments of crisis. The bad news is that NO ONE is coming to save you! The good news is that high achievers wouldn’t want it any other way. 

 

Tough times separate the winners from the WHINERS!  That's what recessions do: they separate winners from losers. Winners will win under any circumstances. Whiners will find any excuse to become a victim of their circumstances. They make excuses and hope someone will come to save them. 

 

4 steps to make sure you WIN in times of crisis.

1- Stop complaining.

Most men are complaining and waiting to be saved. There is zero upside in spending energy complaining about your situation. Nobody gives a shit about your complaining! Everybody wants to complain. If you only focus on the negative, you are going to attract people who are also negative. Negative energy will attract negative people. Turn your complaint into a reason to take action.

 

2- Take extreme ownership

Extreme ownership means everything is your responsibility. When you have nobody to blame, you will take a look in the mirror to see what you need to change. When bad things happen, they often happen because you were complacent. You didn’t prepare for the situation. You didn’t keep improving yourself. You let failure creep up on you. You are the problem and the solution.  

 

3- Sharpen your skills

In good times, people will settle for good enough; in hard times it pays to be a specialist. You have to spend time with the A-players in your organization because people will only do what they see you do. Average producers will not make it. 

 

4- Double down on yourself

The main thing that saved my business in the 2008 recession was that I doubled down on myself. If the king doesn’t rise, everyone pays the price. Invest time, energy and money to reset, recharge, and recommit. Recommit to your WHY. Taking care of yourself is not selfish, it’s smart.

 

If the king doesn’t rise, people will suffer. That's the leverage you need to have every day. To the average person, that's a burden. Who you become in the next 2 years is going to set you up for decades. But you have to believe that this is what you were made for. The battle has to be exciting for you. In this moment of crisis, you will shine the light in the darkness.