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Why should your personal life coach NOT be able to design a web site for you? Why shouldn’t your attorney also design and sell needlepoint? Why shouldn’t your cosmetic surgeon be an artist as well? More importantly, why would you consider something else a person does well “a hidden talent.”
Many of us who are in search of a balanced and meaningful life enjoy developing multiple talents.
KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN
Don’t automatically ‘shut down’ when man who comes to paint your house tells you you need a product to make your practice grow and then tells you what it is. It happened to me because I was willing to listen. Tony Painter gave me idea for my Don’t Die at 50 Weekly Organizational Calendar© (www.susandunn.cc).
Tony Painter, I eventually found out – after all he ‘lived with me’ for a solid week – set up 3 of most successful beauty salons in our town and then sold them, patented an invention for painters and sold it to 3M, and owns a huge piece of property he’s developing into a housing development. In addition, he’s owner of painting company, and contracts with 15 other painters.
I work at home and he overheard my conversation on phone and jumped in with a suggestion that helped me produce a product that sells.
What would have happened if I’d said, as many of us do, “What could Tony painter know about anything besides painting walls?’
OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE WHAT YOU’RE SEEING
My first clue to open up to this man was when he told me I should paint DR mauve, with faux, and put in deep green carpeting to bring out colors of seat covers. I realized I was listening to an artist.
Tony painter, by way, is living his passion. He has several businesses going (that I know of), is an artist and entrepreneur, owns painting company, and chooses to go out and paint walls himself. I asked him why.
“I like to paint,” he said. “My wife runs businesses. I can’t stand that stuff.”
Tony painter would be a good coach, too.
Get rid of your preconceived notions!
Also, be willing and open to developing other talents you may have that could bring you satisfaction and help clients.
Susan Dunn helps clients market on the Internet. Visit her on the web at www.webstrategies.cc and mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc.