I Elect To Do This…

I usually write these emails on the mornings I send them.

But not this one.

By the time this email lands in your inbox, I’ll be on the highway east of Miami, cutting across the Everglades, on my way to Marco Island for a two-day meeting with Dave Dee and his Elite Mastermind group.

Weather permitting, I’ll stop on my way for an airboat tour around the swamp (panthers and gators and snakes, oh my!).

No time to write this morning.

So I’m writing on Tuesday — Election Day in the USA.

And scheduling it to be sent on Wednesday — the day after the Election.

I have no idea how the election will turn out.

But I know there will be a lot of delighted/relieved people…

…and a lot of disgusted/distraught people out and about this day after the election.

(That assumes, of course, that we have final results.)

I have friends on both sides of the aisle.

Some (on both sides) have told me they’ll move overseas if their candidate loses.

They tell me it’s the end of the world as we know it…

…if the “other side” wins.

I don’t buy it.

Don’t get me wrong. I care about this country and who governs it. I’ve voted, and I won’t be pleased if my candidate loses. But…

…I won’t wallow in misery. I have work to do and clients to serve — no matter who wins the election.

Today — which is Saxophone Day (according to my handy-dandy holiday calendar) — I take my inspiration from Adolphe Sax.

He’s the fellow who invented and patented the saxophone. He experienced plenty of misery. But he didn’t wallow in it.

Adolphe was born in 1814 in Belgium.

As a young child, he fell from a third-story window and hit his head on a stone. He survived and carried on.

Another day, he accidentally drank a bowl of acidic water. That didn’t stop him.

Nor did the pin he swallowed.

He was seriously burnt…

…twice…

…first, in a gunpowder explosion…

…then, when he tripped and fell onto a scorching cast-iron frying pan.

He survived an accidental poisoning (varnish).

He dusted himself off after he was hit in the head by a rock.

He kept going after he fell into a river and nearly died.

And then, in 1846…

…after lots of trial and error…

…after lots of failing forward…

Adolphe invented and patented the saxophone.

So…

…if your candidate lost and you’re having a bad day…

…my condolences to you and your candidate.

Mourn the loss.

And then do as Adolphe did…

…Carry on.

Do your business as you would on any other day. Don’t use the election as an excuse to press pause. If you keep going, you can win — even if your candidate lost.

I’m going to carry on with preparations for the release of my book — “Story Power Marketing, Proven Methods to Create Client-Attracting, Profit-Generating Content — Without Getting Stuck.”

It comes out on Nov. 14. On that day (only), you can get a copy on Amazon for just 99-cents. And first-day buyers will get special bonuses TBA. Stay tuned.