Positivity Pause- #TurnItUpThursday - Go For It!

It’s #TurnItUpThursday and time for a #PositivityPause 🕊

TAKE a moment to inhale for a count of 3, hold for a count of 3, exhale for a count of 3🧘🏽‍♀🧘🏼‍♂

🤩I was so amused how seriously Jacob, my 12 yo nephew, approached his shopping during this Spring Break trip to New York🍎

💵He had a wad of $20, $5 and $1 bills and he was the only one of the boys who thought of purchasing souvenirs for their mother and grandmother🎁🥰

🖼His attention was immediately captivated by 3D holographic posters of Anime characters being offered by a road side vendor and he asked me if I thought he could buy a few💲

Me-💯Sure❗You need to find out how much they cost💲
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$20 each, the vendor told him.

Jacob to Me-That’sa fair price⚖

Me-How many are you buying❓

Jacob- 3

Me-🇺🇳In that case you need to negotiate a decreased price since you are purchasing more than one❗

Jacob-Really⁉

Me-Yes❗❗💯

❓So he asked and the vendor said $50 for 3 and his eyes lit up🤩❗❗

⏰30 mins later, as he was showing his spoils to the older boys, he realized he wanted one more character😳😳😳

💵💵He took his wad out and counted🤞🏾🤞🏾

Jacob-👆🏾I have enough 💲🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽

💵Give me the wad🇺🇳 I instructed .

🧠I counted out $11 and told him I would keep the rest for now.

Me-🚦Now, go to the vendor and tell him you only have $11 and ask if he would sell you the 4th poster for $11❗

🧐Jacob was incredulous❗ Why would he do that⁉

Me-🤣Because he probably paid $3 for them❗

Jacob-🛑There is no way he’ll accept $11❗

Me-🤞🏾🤞🏾Be Positive🤠Go for it❗ What have you got to lose⁉

😇So he approached the vendor, showed him the eleven $1 bills and said, This is all I have, can I get 1 more poster 🙏🏾

🥸After the obligatory styles, the vendor accepted the money💰, gave him the poster🖼 and Jacob’s eyes lit up again🤩 and he flashed me his 1000W smile 😁😁❗❗

Lessons learned😄😄😄

✅Nothing ventured, nothing gained…approach with positivity 😁
✅ You always have more bargaining power than you think👊🏾
✅ Always be prepared to walk away after you have given everything you have 🚶🏽
✅Many times, when you give everything that you have, it’s enough 🌝
✅ Always have a safety deposit box/person where you keep some extra so you are really never completely depleted🏦🤫

⏸Take a Positivity Pause to chuckle, and then be encouraged as you think about thing you’ve been wanting to do but have been holding back because of fear or imposter syndrome and GO FOR IT❗❗❗