Forcing VS Allowing: A Winning Mindset

Check it out, Paw Pets got an amazing review in Bark Magazine! I'd like to say that it was purely due to the quality of the toys but it took a lot of hard work to get this review.

Most great things require a lot of hard work but recently I've been working on "allowing" things to happen instead of "forcing" them. I am preparing to leave for a week and I have a list of more things to get done than I can possibly do. I could easily turn into a tornado flying through tasks with reckless abandon and an eye only on getting things done. But today I am staying calm, relaxed, and focused.

I try to remind myself that I am at my best when I move deliberately rather than trying to multitask a million things at once and "make" things happen. Rather, everything works better if I move in a calculated way through logical thought processes, identify the problems or solutions, think how best to begin or make changes, and then take action. Sometimes it's hard to stop the brain from running at a million miles an hour and controlling you and it's hard to relax our bodies while we move through the tasks and related stresses of the day. But it is counterproductive to panic or operate without focus. I pride myself on my ability to do many things at once and work my way through almost any situation but today I am allowing myself the space to move at a slower productive pace, knowing that everything will work out as it should.

I must also note that I am awaiting a shipment of Paw Pets from my puppet maker, Moe, so that we can distribute them to stores for their holiday purchases. I WANT to make sure that all of the stores get their Paw Pets as soon as possible for holiday sales and I WANT to get this done before I leave on my trip. But there is nothing I can do at this point to expedite the process or FORCE the Paw Pets to arrive. So instead of fighting, stressing, tensing and forcing my way through the day and through this issue, I am going to work hard all day, get done what I can get done, and allow myself the peace of knowing that the Paw Pets will arrive when they do and that they will sell like crazy as soon as they hit the stores (especially since we just got two HUGE features in the holiday issues of THE BARK, pictured above, and Animal Wellness Magazine)!