I have a guy who just won’t pay me when we did nothing wrong. I have another guy who won’t return my phone calls. I have another guy who said he’d do something he never did and now says I owe him.
When you have a business you have a net that catches all kinds of fish – even ones you don’t want. Try to work things out, but when you see that you aren’t dealing with someone who is reasonable and honorable, let them go – even if they owe you. It’s not worth the emotional energy or time to chase them or pursue justice. Let them out, let them off, let them go, and don’t carry the emotional baggage from it.
Free yourself to be productive and happy.
I have experienced this and acted it out a few times this year. It can be frustrating at first but when you feel the difference it makes to move them from your Now to something in the past it is emotionally and physically a relief even if you are the one who it cost. In the end you are free!
Wow! This is a very true statement. Many times it’s smarter to pick and choose are battles. It’s also important to realize that when we let things get to us and ruin our mood, the other person is the one winning. I needed this today, thank you!
Larry,
As a 25 year business owner, I am insired and enhancing my awareness by your daily blogs.
Thank you
Ken Engel
Ouch… sometimes these blogs are really close to home. Thanks for writing them… everyday.
Like others, I too, appreciate your “Blogs”. Many of the thoughts and concepts apply well beyond the world of business. Keep on ‘keeping on’,- hope you can transition more and more to get folks to see the relationship between running successful businesses and healthy interpersonal relations. BTW, your system for waterproofing our basement has worked flawlessly and the caliber of everyone involved from sales to installers has been absolutely top notch. Thank you!
Great advice. In my youth I have fought a few legal battles where, technically, we “won”. However, when you weigh the real cost in time, energy and lost productivity the way win becomes a tie at best.
Amen brother!
It only has to be a one or two time learning experience hopefully small experiences. Fix the way you bait the hook, the size of the wholes in your net, or do business and less and less of those fish are caught. Marketing, reviews, and testimonials are the bait. The price is how large the holes are in your net.
Let them go before you have them on the boat!