Warning Signs!

Warning signs are all around us! It seems everywhere you look, there's a warning sign announcing impending danger ... "slippery when wet" ... "caution" ... "danger" ... "to reduce the risk of fire" ... "chocking hazard" ... etc. It's amazing when we actually make it through our day unharmed.

Nature has it's warning signs as well. I currently have multiple birds nesting around the property (doves, robins, wrens, cardinals, finches) and they all seem to look out for each other by shouting their alarm calls in the face of danger. Last night, a baby black rat snake began climbing a tree to get to the wren's nest box! The little wren went crazy! Enough so that it drew my attention and I was able to take the snake far, far away to live another day away from the little wrens. (If you haven't figured out by now, I have an undergraduate degree in Environmental Education ... I love this stuff!)

Anyway, warning signs do their job when they change our behavior. Do you have warning signs going off right now regarding your referral efforts? Are you giving referrals to someone and not seeing anything in return? Is a referral partner cancelling meetings on you or just not making the time commitment at all? Are you noticing that you're spending too much time in your office? If you see a warning sign, change your behavior! Perhaps you need to have a conversation with the person and address their commitment? Perhaps you need to find a new referral partner? Perhaps you need to adjust the time you're giving to one organization to another organization better suited to your goals?

Warning signs ... don't ignore them.