It may be easier to blame another than to take responsibility for your own situation — especially if you are just becoming aware of your situation, you are trying to figure out how it happened, and you don't know how to adapt. But here's the thing: As long as one is focused on blame they are not acting like a "Florist for Change" they are becoming a "Florist Against Change That Has Already Happened" — and that completely stifles one's capacity for thriving.
So, I wish the individuals involved in Florists for Change well in their private endeavors and I hope that the Movement redirects itself from finger pointing to showing retailers how they can thrive as independent thinking businesses. That would be much more beneficial to everyone than pushing against any component of the industry (in this case our Wire Services and Order Generators) that have in the past and still are providing benefit to us all — just because things have evolved beyond the understanding of retailers who are relying solely on those entities for profits.
For years Flowerhandlers has been offering examples of ways for retailers to change through Scenarios of independent floral design businesses who are prosperous in the new industry (see our Bulletin archives). For years we have been offering workshops and seminars to help right brained artistic thinking floral professionals dream, plan, and strategize their way into happy lifestyles using floristry as livelihood in the new economy.
Lots and lots of floral professionals are mastering the difficult task of forgetting all the rules about floristry that were ever "painted" and becoming the truly creative painters of their own perfect businesses. They are designing masterpieces for themselves' to live in.
Gandhi once said: "You must be the change you wish to see". On Sunday August 28 Flowerhandlers is hosting a Boot Camp and Seminar that offer floral professionals with curious minds, eager hearts, and determined spirits a safe and comfortable learning atmosphere for designing or redesigning the floral business of their dreams.
Come discover how easy it is to change your course, make peace with all components of the floral industry, and get a jumpstart to the passion, pleasure, and prosperity your floral business can provide for you. Everyone in the industry is invited to attend. See www.ProgressiveFloristry.com for details and registration. |
