🌠 Battling Hoarse Mongooses While Protecting This at All Costs

Ever wake up one morning and say to yourself:

“Jeepers self, today is a cold rainy icky day…. I think I’ll just work out at home…”

… and then realize the moose needs mooseFood so you go to your car and start it up and it sounds like a herd of hoarse dying mongooses (mongeese?) with a bad case of Shingles?

That was my reality this morning. As my spouse was not at home, I called AAA. During that time, I chatted with a sibling of mine (who tends to always make things work – bizarre skill said sibling has). It was suggested I start the car with the sibling on the phone and voila… it worked kinda sorta! But then the car kinda sorta died (as in, reverse and drive stopped working) so we agreed to wait for AAA.

The husband then returned home… and chimed in that yes, AAA’s take would be quite smart indeed!

The Miracle AAA Knight (henceforth known as the MAAAK) checked out my car, got it running, figured it might have been an excess of fuel so perhaps… get the car checked. Meanwhile, he suggested I keep it running for 20 minutes or so.

At that moment, the husband suggested that dropping my car off at the MagnificentWonderCastle (henceforth known as the MWC, not to be confused with Marketing With Coffee). Sure, the knight who worked there was off for the weekend, but he would return tomorrow and we could drop the key off then.

I agreed…

… and that’s when it happened.

My husband *insisted* on driving my car and that I should drive his (as I’m not the most adventurous when it comes to cars that might turn into a pumpkin at the most inopportune moment).

In other words, my husband wanted to protect that which was most important to him (me).

Such a sweet gesture! Totally normal for him and I really should have expected it.

Which brings me to today’s topic of protecting the most important thing for *you* in your business that is *not* your family….

It’s your ability to keep your head above water when times get tough, swim instead of sink, and drop the ego enough to say, “I don’t know, I need to learn!” when you have to turn on a dime.

See, one way that lots of us fail is our inability to say, “hey! I need help!”

But here’s the great thing about lots of our colleagues – if someone truly says, “Hey! I need help!” chances are…

Bunches of people will respond with ideas that can be put into practice starting today.

Your takeaway from it all?

Always ensure that which is most precious to you… is protected at all costs.

And when you get to a point where you need help, reach out a hand.

Virtually guaranteed… someone will extend a hand to help back.

Enjoy!