Shower Singing

 


Why do we sing in the shower and how can it help us grow our independent wealth advisory business?  This week will examine what we can learn during our morning shower. Our confidence and thoughts are important to our personal and business success. Please read and sing your favorite song.



Echo 

We sound better in the shower because of the echo.  Writers need the echo chamber of social media too.  Unlike the solitary shower where we are the only person who hears and rates us, the social media echo chamber is filled with opinions.  Most social media opinions are negative and we need to expect this reality.  Our confidence is essential to our well being and our ability to take risks is important to our growth.  Many successful people write daily using Morning Pages and we all sing in the shower.  The echo in the shower and on social media can help us maintain our self confidence.  



Relaxing Temperature 

Several of my friends have discovered their successful business ideas in the shower.  I believe the temperature helps relax our body and mind to discover these ideas.  Peter Drucker encouraged his students to set a daily appointment to think without any disruptions from phone calls or emails.  One of my mentors took this concept a step further and read books and the news every early every morning before he left for the office.  In addition to the temperature the common theme is we need to slow down and think.  The pandemic has helped us slow down even though it has reduced the frequency of morning showers.


Lessons Learned

Ray Dalio’s business meetings and his LinkedIn posts are examples I try to follow. Now we need to chronicle our numerous ideas for our post vaccine life. We will need a confidant to share our ideas with in person. Dalio has a program that his coworkers can share their ideas on the meeting and Warren Buffett has Charlie Munger. Both results are successful and can help your independent wealth advisory business.  We need to create a process to check our ideas before we share them on social media or start singing in the office. 


While we all need to shower we should shower and sing alone most of the time..... 

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