TGIM: Thank God It’s Monday!

My friend, Hasse Olsson, a very successful sales trainer and owner of The Revenue Factory in Sweden has a great saying: “Thank God it’s Monday.”

Hasse hates it when he hears people say, “Thank God it’s Friday,” since he believes that it reflects the kind of attitude that unsuccessful people are constantly weighing themselves down with. I agree. It’s amazing how common phrases can sum up our attitudes so well.

Think about the message you’re sending to yourself and the perception you’re creating for others when you say, “Thank God it’s Friday.”

First off, you’re telling yourself and others that you really hate what you do. But if that’s not bad enough, what it conveys to me is that someone is willing to be miserable for five days just to be somewhat happy for two, and only to start the torture over again on Monday (Actually, I think most people start torturing themselves on Sunday night). Rather than be miserable over 70% of the time, why not do something about it?

The thing about people who say “Thank God it’s Monday,” is that they attract others with their positive, uplifting attitude. I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but when you really enjoy what you do, it’s never a job.

This has nothing to do with not enjoying your weekends! Instead of them being your temporary salvation, they should just be another way to have FUN during the week.

If people buy from people and not from companies, which we know to be true; do you think they want to buy from someone who wants the week to be over with or from someone who’s happy to be there and can’t wait to be back tomorrow?

So save the TGIF’s for the restaurant chain (do they serve anything that doesn’t have cheese or cream sauce all over it?) and make your life something to enjoy ALL week long.