It was remarkable! For three days I was with twelve amazing women. We learned, we laughed, we cried. I am bursting with ideas for business. It is easy to come up with new things when you are in a supportive atmosphere.
The picture is one of the unusual exercises we did. We were to write an uplifting message on a piece of poster board. We had to take our message through a large (very active) park. Then we were told to stand on a busy corner of the street with these messages and see if we could get cars to honk. Yikes! I am one to put myself out there, but not one to put myself WAY out there.
You know the feeling you have when you are driving and see people with poster boards? I always think "Ugh! Make it through the light, I don't want to deal with their posters and whatever slogans they yell or crap they are trying to sell." When you think about it, usually posters are negative or they are trying to sell you the best thing since sliced bread.
Our posters were positive. We were not selling a single thing. I loved watching the faces of people who were driving up to our group. At first, it was negative, the "oh no" face. Then their expressions transfer to the "What?" confusion face. Finally, once the messages were read, we saw lots of smiles and got many honks. Often people asked what we were doing. When we told them we were just spreading good thoughts, the answer was always positive. It was fun!
I learned so much by standing on the corner. People are not used to positive statements without cost. That is hugely wrong. We need to encourage others and often. Maybe not on the street, but at every chance you get. Then again, the street corner hit many people in a short period. A positive thought will always make a difference.
Do you need help with positive thoughts? I can help.
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