BRX Pro Tip: Control the Controllable
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with BRX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you this afternoon. Lee, let’s talk about something that you say quite a bit. And I believe it with all my heart that it’s really good, strong mojo for managing self and business. And that is simply, control the controllable.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:22] Yeah. I mean, the world is a chaotic place and there are so many things that happen that are outside of your control. And if you focus on all the things that are outside your control, then you get frustrated, you get depressed. It seems hopeless at times. I think you’re better served by focusing on the things that you do have some control over. And when you do that and you focus on doing that kind of work every day and controlling the things that you can control, then I find that there’s less drama in your life. There’s less complaining. You’re being frustrated a lot less because you’re getting things done, because you’re doing the things that you can control. And you’re moving the ball down the field because of that.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:02] Like in our business, some of the things we can control is booking guests. We can send out lots of emails, booking, inviting people to be guests. We can follow up with people. That’s an activity we can do and we control every single day. We can connect two people that we know in our network together. We can do that every single day. Nothing is stopping us from doing that. We can do more shows. We can interview more people. We can tell more stories.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:28] If you do more of those activities in our business, you will grow your business. Those are the activities that matter and we have control over all of them. So, if you can figure out all the things that you can control and do more of those things, when you’re feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, you’re going to have more success, and you’re going to move the ball, and you’re going to win.
