How to thrive in trying times

Cast your mind back some 65 million years ago. It’s a mild afternoon. Striking pink and orange shades of light paint the horizon. Forests and jungles are lush. The air is still. Seas are hundreds of meters higher than today. The earth is a sphere of splendour and energy.

Giant beasts roam and dominate the earth. Salivating meat eating predators along with their long neck tree foraging relatives panic the ground dwellers. Mighty birds the sizes of buses glide through the air with wings that cast a vast dark shadow onto the ground below. This is a terrifying time to be a small earthly bound creature.

As the sun ceremoniously sets, as it has done for millions of years before this moment, the air breaths still. Suddenly the burnt sky turns to a deathly black. A colossal earth shuddering blast is heard! All creatures gigantic and small stand alert, ears pricked. Another blast shakes the earth. This shock is so cataclysmic it vaporised the seas and turns most of the earth’s surface to dust. This is the beginning of the end for the dinosaurs.

Today, many of us are easy prey for big corporations and power wielding organisations. Corrupt power brokers are largely to blame for the world’s current economic turmoil. Our world, like the Mesozoic Era, is overshadowed by large ignorant beasts.

Another cataclysmic blast will occur within the next decade caused by debt addicted institutions and governments. We are already seeing the US and parts of Europe being battered by meteors. The average punter that believes their destiny is determined by higher powers will be in for a rude awakening.

To attach your long-term wellbeing and financial security to a dinosaur is not only risky, it’s a losing strategy. When I pick up a newspaper all I read is pain and suffering. I turn on the six o’clock news only to consume more fear and struggle. If I believe the hype, I may as well fall on my sword where I stand.

Don’t trust a dinosaur and pay scant regard to the media. Instead take it upon yourself to carve your own path. Embrace change. Focus on your strengths. You are small, nimble and able to seek refuge quickly. Keep your eyes peeled, cost base low and partner with other small creatures to augment your capabilities.

Dinosaurs are huge, clumsy beasts with small brains. You, on the other hand are smart and agile. Take these trying times as an opportunity to see our global climate differently – as a victory! It’s your time to thrive.

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Trent Leyshan is the founder and CEO of sales training company BOOM! As a sales expert and facilitator, he partners with some of the world’s most dynamic and demanding sales driven companies. Trent is also the founder of salesprocess.com.au and the author of THE NAKED SALESMAN: How to walk the talk and sell your way to success!