We all have those times when we struggle to find the energy to perform. You know, you’re working hard, life is full of things going on and eventually it catches us up.
There are so many books out there, theories, motivational guru’s, all advising us on how to find our mojo, how to recharge, how to reach fulfilment. In my profession I’ve probably read them all, seen them all and heard them all. Well I thought I had. Then, last week, I delivered a programme to a group of retail sales professionals and they shared their secret with me.
If you’re tired, then be like Winnie the Pooh.
You see, Pooh hides pots of honey in certain places. This way he knows that if he’s out for a long walk or has a big job to do, he can go to one of his hidden honey pots and help himself. This way he can recharge his batteries. After all says Pooh, “What can be more important than a little something to eat?”
The whole sales team lived to this, they would have their little pots off honey stashed away ready to recharge their batteries, except theirs looked a little different.
Their honey pots were phone calls made home, texts to friends, a bar a chocolate, a 10 minute stroll to name a few. It doesn’t matter what your honey pot looks like as long as you have them waiting for you for when you get tired. So what would yours be?
If you want to find your mojo, recharge or feel fulfilled, then be like Winnie the Pooh.