What I'm Learning from Hula Hooping

by Deborah Globus

I’ve taken up hula hooping.  Shhhh!  Don’t tell anyone.  It’s a secret.  It’s MY thing.  I’m not ready for people to know.

And here’s why:  I’m terrible at it.

Now here’s the truth:  I have practiced 3 times for 10 minutes a piece.  Can you imagine that I’m not a natural at it?  

What a surprise!

Here’s the thing: It kinda IS a surprise (and an unpleasant one at that.)  

You see, I’m the kind of person who’s GOOD at stuff…immediately.  I excel.  And if I don’t, I stop.  I’ve always been that way.

I can’t keep being that way, though.  Stuff is more challenging these days.  Maybe it’s because I covered all the stuff that came with ease.  Maybe it’s that what I’m doing now is HARD.  It’s hard to run a successful business; it’s hard to make money.

Yeah, making money at stuff is something I never excelled at.  I’ve struggled with it since I had my first business selling bracelets at the age of 13!  It never got any easier; it never got any better.

I’m sticking with it though – gaining a little experience here and there.  Folks are signing up for classes like the Virtual Business Retreat.  I’m slowly getting more comfortable with my relationship with sales and marketing.  (I’m working on that today with a little journaling during today’s mini-Virtual Business Retreat, in fact!)

And I’ll keep at the hula hooping.  I’m gaining experience – it stayed up for a little longer that last time!  There’s this annoying adage that says “how you do anything is how you do everything” and I think there’s something to learn about making money in business by learning how to hoop.

Here’s to practicing or as I prefer: gaining experience!  


And if it feels like learning about your business through stuff like hula hooping (and other out of the box thinking) as well as ritual and ceremony, please take a look at October’s Virtual Business Retreat page.  It’s chocked full of goodness and the more the merrier.