Photo Success

Tools for growing a photography business

  • Member Forum
  • Newsletter sign up
  • FAQ
  • Who Am I?
    • Testimonials
  • Family Success System
  • Fairies Success System
  • CoachingCall
  • Blog
  • The Photography Collective

Grenade in the tool shed- Part One

September 19, 2018 By Robert Provencher Leave a Comment

Every once in a while you gotta shake things up.

But you need to be careful. Whenever I’ve thrown the proverbial “grenade in the tool shed” I am aware of some key influences, such as:

  • what is the worse thing that can happen?
  • can I work with that situation, or the unknown if that’s the case ( we can’t know the unknown, so we need to be ok with that fact)
  • will things possibly be better in the long run?
  • why? why am I doing this….

And more.

Let me explain a little more what I mean by this weird sounding metaphor. Throwing a grenade in the tools shed means doing something in your life that is drastic, seemingly extreme, bold and very disruptive.

I’m comfortable with this idea. Many are not.

I’ve done this when I’ve felt things were stale, tired, old, rusty and in need of change.

AND, I also felt that it would work out in the end. However, again, this is not for everyone or the faint of heart.

You don’t do this for the sake of doing this. Like throwing all your chips on the table and gambling it all on a roll of the dice.

You need to have some idea of where you’re going AND you need to feel very good about your ability to be adaptive.

This concept came to me five years ago, when I was 55 years old and felt ready for a change. I was standing in my kitchen in our dream home. I looked across my spacious open concept home.

And I asked myself: “Do we really need 3 living rooms? Really?”

And that started it all. Within that year we sold our beautiful home and home studio (at a nice profit I might add. Otherwise I might have waited for the market to change. More on this later)

We moved into an apartment. We rented an office at a local work share place.
Plus I got rid of about 80% of our earthly possessions. Plus our daughter moved out to attend university a million miles away.

Nothing was the same anymore.

I felt better. Lighter. Excited and ready to take on the challenges that my new circumstances we’re forcing us into. I still can’t believe my wife just goes along with my insanity.

(I always said I married the right person when I asked her out on our first date, on my motorcycle. She smiled, her eyes light up, she was on board.)

Photography was always to be a thing. Families, weddings, fairy day promos and more. Oddly enough, we had our best year ever. Go figure.

AND, we spent 6 weeks in Costa Rica that winter. 3 months the next.

I still recall however the anxieties. The last day we owned our home, I made a few more last minute, late night trips to clear out any small items, give it a sweep and lock the door forever.

It was January. Snow and cold everywhere. Very depressing.

We were heading out to Costa Rica in a few days. Like I said, everything changed.

I crawled into bed beside my sleeping wife, in our new two bedroom apt, and started having an existential crisis.

“What the fuck did I just do?” bounced around in my head.

I started panicking. This was not like me. Me, who’s up for anything, and believes in the power of commitment, goals and having a positive colorful vision to urge me forward.

More on this and how we changed things up and coped, all while running a photography studio. Stay tuned…

Pura Vida!
Robert N. Provencher – Your Master Coach Marketer

“If you want to be a profitable and successful photographer, then study profitable and successful photographers.”

Join us…Content, Coaching & Community

Filed Under: WrapUp Tagged With: how to sell photography, mastermind marketing, photography marketing

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Join the NoBs Photo Success FaceBook Group here

Members Login

You are not currently logged in.








» Register
» Lost your Password?

Recent Posts

  • NoBS Photo Buzz Episode #2
  • NoBs Photo Buzz #1
  • What to do when your goals fail…
  • My life lessons about prosperity in photography
  • “Not another Facebook group!!”…..not a “normal” face book group.
  • For me it’s always been more about business than the art….
  • Pop Up Weddings, Fairy Day events and family portraits…the three profitable promotions we rocked in 2020.
  • The one activity that all successful photographers have in common…
  • “Growing Wedding profits with Pop Up Weddings”
  • Did cell phones make photography business’s obsolete? Yes, and no…and what you can do about it…
  • When I played with dolls…(it’s not what you think) and how it helped me in my photography business…
  • Award winning or top rated? What would you rather be?

Categories

  • Business Fail
  • Photography Lighting&Posing Tips
  • Photography Training
  • Photography Webinar Replays
  • PhotographyMarketing
  • WizardOfLight Podcast
  • WrapUp

Exposed: the Truth to running a photography business

Fairy Success System

Family Success System

One On One Coaching

coaching

Lighting Mastermind

Marketing Templates

templates

Advanced Training System

© 2021NoBsPhotoSuccess Inc™