PMA Feeds Success

At Box PR, we strongly believe that PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) feeds success, here we look at how just a little bit of PMA can help you succeed.

This weekend a member of the Box PR team headed to Salcombe in Devon, for a sailing event based out of the Yacht Club.  Nearing 50 boats turned up for the 2 day event and looking round the fleet it was clear that this was not going to be an easy outing………in fact far from it.  Not only was the fleet made up of previous class National Champions but the wind direction was a Northerly gusting between a Force 2 – 4 (so very up and down). Being on the South Devon Coast and the nature of the Harbour, this meant it was very shifty with big gains but also big losses to be made on the water.

When the going is good and you are picking up places on the water and moving forward in the fleet, there is plenty of positive vibes in the boat.  Both Helm (person steering the boat) and Crew (person in the front of the boat) are smiling, thinking tactically and strategically about where to go on the water and how you are going to overtake the next boat.

When things are not going in your favour and a boat from behind catches up, even overtakes it is hard to keep thinking positive and fight back. In effect you lose your clear vision, you struggle to think tactically and therefore you don’t necessarily pick the best strategic path.

This is very much the same in business, when things are going well, our thoughts are positive, we look for new business and seek opportunities to get our company and its’ products in the medias’ eyes. When times are tough, we can be seen to hide away and not maximise our potential, as we are fighting for survival rather than planning a route out.

So our top tips:

• Do not hide away when things get tough
• Although we may all try, we can’t all be positive all the time, so work with people who complement each other
• Everyone measures success differently, make sure you know your goal and work as a team to achieve that goal

In conclusion the sailing may have not all gone to plan this weekend, however we came off the water smiling and are now have a clear plan for the next event so we can achieve our goal on one day winning an event in our class.  

Same applies to your business, a little bit of PMA, will help you see through the mist and help you think outside of the box!

Until next time

Box PR Team