This is point where rubber meets road. The point of no return!

The point where you have to prove to yourself and to others who may be watching on sidelines that you can do it!

This is moment, which gives you an opportunity to sell your idea, product or services to prospects in order to be in business.

After much networking, marketing and publicity campaigns, phone finally rings and a prospective client sets up an appointment to see you or walks into your business premises. This is a make it or break it situation…your chance to walk talk and deliver!

But this is not what happens. You suddenly begin to panic and break into a nervous sweat. All sorts of insecurities and doubts break loose and you feel tempted to back out!

The question in your mind is “how do I rise to occasion”?

The following 5 easy tips will help you rise to occasion boldly and confidently and prevent you from blowing deal of a lifetime. 1. Be prepared. This can’t be over emphasized. You must not only know your product, service or nature of your industry but must also be able to clearly communicate it to others. You must have basic facts at your fingertips and be able to respond confidently to questions about your product or service.

You have to know your product or service and language of industry. If you don’t have a way of explaining it, then its time to stop and get back to books or do groundwork. People want to do business with people who know what they are talking about. Preparation gives you a natural confidence to rise to occasion like an expert!

Of course, this same feeling can apply to a hundred different situations, from a work-related issue to a personal issue at home. But, resulting meaning is still same: "make a change." Some people listen to that feeling and change their life in such a way as to eliminate that feeling. However, some people that fall into discontent, but tend to remain in that situation as they find it a place of "same-ness" and "safety."

--- Souler Greenhouse ---

Discontent is actually a "souler greenhouse" of change. It is first warnings you receive that things are not what they should be and that a change is required to correct situation. Discontent comes when there is juxtaposition between needs and desires. Usually, you're pursuing a need, achieve it, and then continue to pursue ideals of same need. This occurs because you don't know what to do once you reach objective. However, once you achieve a need, you need to move on to next pursuit.

Many people find that discontent for a given situation is acceptable. For instance, discontent with your work might feel acceptable because you have to make money and care for your family. In this way, you learn to overcome discontent by accepting obligations. However, while this may work, it is not necessarily route to take. Indeed, you might need job, but this feeling is calling for an evaluation as some aspect of situation needs attention.

Discontent can provide you with either a reason to stay right where you are or a fertile environment from which to move forward. While it does provide a way for Universe to bring attention to a situation, we sometimes become so accustomed to feeling that it becomes part of our life. In such a case, if we adapt and discontented feeling is resolved, we will miss it.

--- Growth ---