Aaron LeBauer argues that 2020's challenges are a catalyst for growth if you shift from scarcity to abundance thinking. You can't control external events like COVID-19, but you control your attitude and actions. Find new business routes, serve your community, and take decisive action to improve your circumstances and help others.
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The time is going to come when you are looking back on today and you go, like, Aaron was crazy, but I know he was right. Someone's going to say that. I really think that 2020 is the year that we're going to look back and go, wow, what a pivotal year. Like, we are better off because of it. And, yeah, pessimistic Aaron, and pessimistic. You could go and say, yeah, but all this crazy shit's happening right now. This is fucked up. Like, no one is having a good time. Look, I can tell you this. Tough times make tough people tough men and women. And we are now in a tough time. And a tough time requires grit, determination, sacrifice. It requires you to be smart. Like, work smarter, not harder. It requires you to go to bat for your patience. It requires you to go to bat for yourself and your family and to look at what's happening around the world and say, hey, you know what? I just got a bunch of lemonade dumped on me and I'm all sticky with sugar. But, yeah, look, that's just sugar. Like, I'm gonna make the best out of it. If you're watching this, if you're standing here with me, or if you're standing over there and you're listening to me, you have some opportunity and privilege to make a massive impact in the world. It doesn't matter how tough things are, whatever doesn't kill you is going to make you stronger. Now you've got to keep going and keep moving forward, step by step by step. Even if it's just looking at, how do I get through today? Because for all the scarcity in the world, like, the scarcity mindset isn't going to get you anywhere. Most people think, wow, look, this horrible. Like, look at all this stuff. Like, yeah, life circumstances may be shit right now, but how can you take this moment and just make it one iota better? How can you take this moment and learn from it so tomorrow you're just a little bit better? Or you can help one more person. Really, that's all that matters, is you can't help yourself. Can you help someone else? How can you help someone else if you can't help yourself? Okay, everyone says, you know, we just got kicked sideways, there's nothing left. Well, there's plenty of money out there, okay? If you're struggling with money, just understand that the money is out there. It's just moving in different circles or different paths. And if you're on i40 and now it's closed down, go get yourself back on Route 66, because they are going to both get you from east to west. Route 66 is just going to have a few more potholes in it. Maybe it's not upkept as well. Maybe all those cool old motels aren't being used as much and you can get in and rehab one of them. Okay, what's the different way to get there? What's a different way to look at your current situation? Because I can tell you that there is opportunity, there is abundance. And then going through the next three days, next three months, the next three years thinking there is no opportunity for me, there is no lack is only going to keep you there. And one, we're talking about the abundance mindset, and we're talking about seeing the world and looking back and saying, hey, that thing that year, all those, like, dominoes that just got fought and got knocked over as I was trying to set everything up, like, that happened to me for a reason. Because you choose your opportunities, you choose your action, you choose the people you surround yourself with, and you can choose your destiny. It's the attitude you choose and the actions you take that are going to determine the outcome for you and your business. And I know that there are some things you can't control like other people, but the actions you take and the attitude you choose and the way you look at this is going to give you the best opportunity to make it to where you want to go. Okay. Like, you can't control whether you get the coronavirus, but you can absolutely control, like, your actions and how you view the world and your reactions to people and circumstances. And that's not to say that aren't people out there struggling who have less control. But I guarantee you they have control over some things. And so what people lose control over is the things that they cannot control and they feel out of control. Like, I can't control the pandemic. I can't control what the government says. I can vote. I can control my attitude, my reaction to it. And mine is, is to go to bat every day and try to take some time off on the weekends. But guess what I've been doing in the last six weeks since BT Bizcon? In the last three months, I've been going out there, trying to serve my community, figure out, what do people need right now? What do they want? And figuring that out. And I've thrown out some things, and I said, hey, can I help you with this? And people said, no, actually, they didn't say anything. And I said, hey, can I help you with this? Sure. And then I said, hey, can I help you guys? You know, create an online business and launch it in 30 days? And 83 three people said, Hell, yes. So, boom. So why don't you do the same? People have different problems now. You just have to figure out what those problems are.
