 What's going on guys? So in this video it's gonna be a little different than what you're used to seeing from me and the content you're used to seeing from me on this channel. It's gonna be around a topic that is literally on everybody's mind right now and that is the coronavirus, right? It's a scary time for millions of people. Millions of people are getting sick, people are dying, businesses are going under, events are getting cancelled, I'm getting married in a couple months and I'm worried about my wedding getting cancelled or getting postponed or something like that, right? So yeah, it's a scary time for a lot of people and it's a very uncertain time, right? People don't really know what to do and what's gonna happen. But what I want to do in this video, I don't want to add to the fear, I don't want to add to the shock and sensationalism. I want to have a real conversation with you and talk to you about five things that you can do during this period, especially if you're an online entrepreneur or business owner or aspiring entrepreneur, five things that you can do during this time instead of panicking about the coronavirus, right? Five things you can do to move yourself and your business forward during these uncertain and scary times, right? So let's jump into it right now. It's gonna be very informal, this is gonna be a video of just me sitting here talking to you, having a real conversation with you. So let's jump into these five things right now. Number one is to turn off the news, right? So turn off your TV, stop watching the news, your local news, the national news, stop reading social media tweets and Facebook posts and watching the live updates. This stuff's only gonna pollute your mind and it just creates fear and shock and sensationalism. It just, it does nothing good for you and your brain and your mental health, right? If you sit in front of your, I have friends and family, dozens of them that just sit in front of the computer and the TV all day now that they're working from home and they just watch the updates. They watch it tick down and down and down like every time someone gets infected, it says, oh, a new person's infected or, you know, 200 new people infected, that can't be good for your brain, right? Can you imagine if on the news they talked about every time someone got into a car accident or every time someone got a heart attack or something like that, right? It would kill your brain, right? So turn off the news and if you really do want to learn something about the coronavirus, be proactive about it, right? Seek out a reputable resource like the WHO, the World Health Organization, right? Seek out reputable companies and reputable sources and information rather than being reactive and just watching the updates from all of these news outlets and media companies that are designed to just hook you in with this fear and with this like viral content, right? So yeah, turn off the news. Like, don't be reactive. If you want to know about what's going on, just learn from reputable sources, okay? So that's number one. Turn off the news. Number two is spend this time investing in the learning and personal growth, right? So you can spend this time picking up some books, getting some courses or maybe some like implementing if you're a part of a coaching program or something like that, implementing the skills that you're learning, right? Use this time as a time of growth and learning for you and your business. So yeah, read, spend this time reading a book or taking a course and learning some new skills and practicing those skills. This is not a time for you to take your foot off the gas and just sit around and wait, right? This is a time and an opportunity for you to invest in yourself and get a step up over your competition and who is just watching TV and waiting for things to happen, right? So yeah, use this time. Number two, invest in learning and personal growth and business growth, right? Number three is to keep on selling. So if you already have a business, maybe your agency owner, your freelancer, service provider, consultant, whatever you are, that's most likely what you are after watching this channel. Keep on selling, right? I saw this post in a Facebook group that I met a couple days ago and it was an agency owner and he made a post about one of his clients requested to pause their campaigns because they were a local business and they're getting hit hard by the coronavirus, right? And I understand a lot of local businesses and brick and mortar stores are catching like the rough end of the stick, right? The wrong end of the stick. So this agency owner, because of that one client wanting to pause his campaigns, he mentioned that he was thinking about deciding to stop prospecting and stop selling for his agency, which is a huge mistake, right? You don't want to stop your business during this time just because you're uncertain and you're seeing like businesses getting hit, right? You want to keep on selling, keep your business moving, keep it going, business as usual, right? We're not stopping anything. In fact, we're doubling down on all of our selling and prospecting activities, right? It's a time for us to get a leg up from the people who are not doing the daily selling and not continuing what their normal business activities, right? So if you are already in business and you are like you're selling services or products, don't stop selling during this time, right? Continue pushing your business forward, continue getting better, continue growing, okay? That's number three. Keep on selling. Number four is to adopt an abundance mindset. So Warren Buffett said, be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful, right? What does that mean? Well, everybody's fearful right now, right? Everybody's afraid of the coronavirus. Everyone's afraid of the uncertainty in the market and in businesses and all that stuff, right? So what does this mean and how does this apply to your life and your business? Well, I want you to look at it this way, right? Imagine you are going into your whatever department store, wherever you shop for clothes or whatever it is, right? So let's say, maybe let's just say Nordstrom, for example, right? So you walk into Nordstrom and you see all of your favorite clothes or things that you're going to buy for 30, 40, 50% off, right? What do you do and how do you feel? Well, you feel happy, first of all, right? Because everything's on sale. You can get everything for cheap. So you go in there and you buy all the clothes, all the shoes and watches or whatever that you're looking for on 30, 30, 40, 50% off, right? Whatever that discount is, right? Now, how does this apply to your life and your business? Well, let's talk about finances first, right? The stock market is going down right now. It's tanking, right? The stock market economy, it looks like it's tanking right now, right? So most people, the masses, they are panicking. They're getting scared. They're selling all their investments. They're getting out of the market. And they're afraid of what's happening right now, right? Because they see it going down, right? But if you were to adopt an abundance mindset, the way that you would see the market and I'm not a, you know, I'm not a finance expert, or I'm not telling you to jump in and buy a bunch of stocks, right? I'm not giving you financial advice. I'm just telling you the way that I think. If you were to look at this from an abundance mindset, the way that you would look at it is not as a time to panic. You'd look at it as a time to get everything cheap, right? On the cheap, on sale, 30, 40, 50% off, right? And then you get to reap the rewards when the market goes back up, which it always eventually does, right? That's just the way the market works. It always goes back up eventually, if you stay in the market long enough. Now, that's the way that I'm looking at it from an abundance mindset in terms of finances and stocks and all that stuff. Everything's on sale. Everything's cheap, right? How does this apply to your business? Well, there's so many entrepreneurs out there right now. I've seen them in groups. I've seen them on forums. I've seen them, you know, online, social media, posting about how they're afraid of what's happening right now in the economy and with businesses and their clients, right? So they don't know what to do. And a lot of people, a lot of business owners and entrepreneurs right now are taking their foot off the gas, right? They're stopping, they're selling activities. They are not continuing what made them successful, right? They're not putting content out there. They're not prospecting. They're not pitching people and selling their services, right? They're waiting and seeing what's going to happen. Now, what does this mean for you? Well, if you adopt an abundance mindset instead of panicking and freaking out about this period of uncertainty, you are doubling down, right? You're doubling down on all your selling activities. You're doubling down on the things that you're doing to grow yourself and your business. And you're looking at it as a time of opportunity where there's not many people who are doing what you're doing, right? If you're actually looking at it from an abundance mindset, right? So if you're continuing doing business like usual and doubling down and doing more of it instead of taking your foot off the gas, you can look at this as a time of opportunity to get in and get a leg up over the people who are taking their foot off the gas, right? Which is a lot of your competition, okay? So that's number four. Adopt an abundance mindset when it comes to your life, your finances and your business. Number five is to double down on delivering value. And this is especially for you existing business owners and entrepreneurs out there right now, right? So what do I mean by this? Well, I am doubling down on the content on YouTube, on my Facebook groups, to my email list, right? I just started a daily email to my list of subscribers, my email subscribers, right? So I thought, how can I double down on delivering value? Well, first of all, I'm going to be consistent with posting Tuesday and Thursday on YouTube during this time. I'm not going to stop posting because I'm scared of what's happening right now. I'm not going to start watching the news and wasting all my time doing that. I'm being consistent with my YouTube posting, right? The other thing is my Facebook group. I post five times a week in my personal Facebook group. And the other thing I just rolled out for doubling down on delivering value is that daily email and sending out to my list, right? I know people are freaking out right now. They don't know what to do. More people are at home than ever watching their computers, their TV, consuming content. So I thought, why can't I double down delivering value since more people are watching more than ever before, right? There'll be more people watching my videos, reading my content, reading my emails. So if you are an existing business owner, an entrepreneur, you should double down on delivering value and finding ways to deliver value for your audience and your prospects and even your clients, right? Especially your clients, right? So figure out ways that you can double down delivering value and use this time to your advantage. People are in front of a screen more than ever on their TV, their computer, their phones. Use it to deliver more value instead of just consuming content and being fearful of all the situations and circumstances right now, okay? So let's revisit these five things again. Number one, please turn off the news and if you do want to see or seek out information about what's going on, seek it out from a reputable source and be proactive about it, okay? Number two is to invest in learning and personal growth and business growth, right? Invest in books, courses, training programs, developing new skills and practicing those skills, invest in yourself and learning. Number three is to keep on selling, right? If you're a business owner, don't stop your selling activities, don't stop prospecting, don't stop talking to you to potential customers and clients, right? Keep on selling and keep on going with your business as usual. Number four, adopt an abundance mindset, right? Don't look at it as a time to panic, don't look at it as a time to sell everything and stop and take your foot off the gas. Adopt an abundance mindset and look at it as a time of massive opportunity for you if you take advantage of it, okay? And number five is to double down on delivering value for your audience and your clients and your potential clients, right? Your subscribers or wherever they are, okay? So double down delivering value, there's more people watching and consuming content than ever before because everyone's working from home and all this stuff, everyone has to stay inside right now. So double down on delivering value, right? Start that podcast you're always looking to do. Start that YouTube channel, start that email list, start that Facebook group, whatever it is, look at ways that you can deliver content and deliver value and double down on that, okay? So that's it for this video guys. Those are five things that I'm doing that I recommend you do as well instead of panicking about the coronavirus and turning it into more of an opportunity rather than a time for gloom and doom and all that stuff, right? So I hope you guys like this video. Let me know, give it a like if you did and comment below with any questions or concerns that you have during this time. I'm happy to answer them. I do answer every comment that is on my channel, all right? So I'll see you guys in the next video.