Being More Aggressive... Sunday, July 22

I love it.  I absolutely love it.

[Enter me being way overly sarcastic here.]

Must be nice to have a 9-5er and be able to totally disregard any business texts, calls or emails on the weekend while us entrepreneurs work overtime on the daily.

"Hustle and heart is what sets us apart", I tell myself.

It was my day off training but it most definitely wasn't my day off work.  I had plentiful of business emails to respond to, client files to work on, Empowered gear designs to put together, and out-of-country suppliers to follow up on.  

Boxing and business are my life.  My boxing is my business and my business is boxing.

I grind on the daily and the only difference between the weekday and weekend is the fact that the response rate from business associates, other companies, and other workers nose-dives on the weekend.  Maybe I expect too much.  Maybe it's because I give too much.  Maybe it's because I expect them to be like me, on the grind 24/7.  It's frustrating though, especially when you know whomever you're trying to contact saw your message but didn't respond because it's the weekend.  This kind of thing happens.  

I had one of those "Pretty Woman" moments today, when I headed out to grab some food.  I ran into someone whom I had reached out to, just yesterday actually.  A girl whose business I wanted to incorporate into Empowered.  I had emailed her business email and then texted her, Saturday morning.  Her business is closed on the weekends but she's the owner and manager of it so I thought at the very least she'd respond to my text.  Nope.  No such luck.  Instead, it took me to randomly run into her on High Street for her to acknowledge me.  

"We should grab coffee one day, to discuss your idea", she said.

"Actually, that's what I had emailed you about Friday night but you never responded", I told her.

I could have left it at that, just smiled and waited for her response but I'm kind of over chasing certain people and I'm definitely not into waiting for people when I'm building my business on the daily.  My business doesn't stop because it's the weekend.

"It's okay", I added.  "I'm going with another company.  They loved my idea and jumped on it."

And with that I then added a smile, turned and left.

It was a 'mic drop' moment.