What is Important to Your Business?
Most businesses fail. Let’s face facts — only a few of us get to be Bill Gates and Donald Trump and Richard Branson. And those people are Bill Gates, Donald Trump, and Richard Branson. The rest of us? We figure out how to survive. You can read all the business books you want — Amazon has 2,302,061 — but at the end of the day, you have to decide what’s right for you and for your business.
A recession and rough times isn’t all bad. I know it’s tough and everyone’s scrambling for leads, but in a bad economy like this, you start to realize what’s important to you. A bad economy forces you to focus on what’s essential, and let everything else go. Figure out what works, what needs to work, and forget the rest.
For instance, I have two great people working for me. They’re awesome — both as people and at what they do. But I lost focus on what was important to me — properly aligning the resources I have at my disposal. Expectations were unclear about who was doing what and why, and that was my fault. Making sure everyone is united and working toward the same goal — that’s what is important to me and to my business.
Sometimes we get caught up in the details, the day-to-day. You know what I mean — operations, payroll, the things that need to be done but aren’t adding to the bottom line. And we forget what’s important. We lose sight of the big picture. We lose focus. And we end up losing.
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I don’t agree with you. Though, I can relate to what you say about the recession and how tough it can get on someone. Yes, it can beat you down and make you think of the impossible BUT this is where you pick yourself up, stand tall and face your problems. I did this and it worked – My advise to YOU who is reading this blog is to continue to chase your dream, that idea/thought which keeps lingering in your mind. Let it keep playing over and over again and that will get your adrenaline to automatically work and push the right energies within you forward. Before you know it, you have already reached Level 1 and guess what… you’re getting forward and moving to the next level. Somebody now tells you about the recession and the economy and how tough it is…you smile it away and brush past that statement. Be nice and tell him/her what I told you.
About being Donald Trump, Bill Gates and Richard Branson… tell me what is your name, I’ll put it down after these guys. Remember, you will only get as far as you think you can – Keep dreaming and make it tangible. Go out there and tell the world who you are. God Bless!
26 Nov · 13:09