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Casual Articles - You're Killing Your Own Business
Sarah is a highly effective, multitasking business professional with a strong passion for her work. She is also a loving and caring mother of three kids. Sarah is happily married to an equally busy man. They have lots of friends and an active life outside work. It sounds too good to be true! How does she manage?Some years ago Sarah was overwhelmed, frustrated, constan
Spend your time producing the basic functions of your business. These are the functions that are essential for growth. If you are a blogger...write posts. You can work on templates later. If you are a speaker...better your speech. Don't waste time becoming familiar with the audio system.
If you concentrate on your prim
The so called ‘globalisation’ has cluttered the world markets with so many products and services that nearly 90% of the marketing managers in competing companies do pretty much the same to sustain in the market. There is not much difference in the way P&G operates as compared to how Unilever gets its products to the market. Coke and Pepsi’s operations nearly reflect each oth
The funny thing about this is that every business class I've ever
taken during my coursework absolutely glorifies the importance of
this one factor. The factor that I am speaking of is "planning".
Although, a theoretically sound plan is helpful in attaining your
business goals, it's frequently a stumbling block for growth. Why? You
ask....
THE EXPLANATION
Well,it's simple. Often times business owners and entrepreneurs will spend the majority of their time preparing and not enough of time actually implementing. We usually use planning time as a cover for procrastination, which we all know will cause failure.
If a cook spends most of his time planning the meal and not much time cooking, there would be a disaster on every plate (not to mention a plethora of food borne illnesses:)). This is the disaster that a lot of entrepreneurs create within their businesses.
We often over analyze, over plan, overreact, over...you get the point. We, as entrepreneurs, have to learn to K.i.s.s.(Keep It Super Simple) our business. This way you will not waste countless hours planning to avoid some imaginary disaster; or perfecting a secondary function while neglecting a primary one.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING
Spend your time producing the basic functions of your business. These are the functions that are essential for growth. If you are a blogger...write posts. You can work on templates later. If you are a speaker...better your speech. Don't waste time becoming familiar with the audio system.
If you concentrate on your prima
I’ve had the pleasure and honor to meet some of the world’s greatest leaders and leadership gurus, from Sir Richard Branson, General Tommy Franks, and Captain Mike Abrashoff to Dr. Warren Bennis, Dr. Henry Mintzberg, and Tom Peters. And I get paid to do it! Through our work with Linkage Inc., we help support their broadcasts of these famous people by designing and developi
THE EXPLANATION
Well,it's simple. Often times business owners and entrepreneurs will spend the majority of their time preparing and not enough of time actually implementing. We usually use planning time as a cover for procrastination, which we all know will cause failure.
If a cook spends most of his time planning the meal and not much time cooking, there would be a disaster on every plate (not to mention a plethora of food borne illnesses:)). This is the disaster that a lot of entrepreneurs create within their businesses.
We often over analyze, over plan, overreact, over...you get the point. We, as entrepreneurs, have to learn to K.i.s.s.(Keep It Super Simple) our business. This way you will not waste countless hours planning to avoid some imaginary disaster; or perfecting a secondary function while neglecting a primary one.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING
Spend your time producing the basic functions of your business. These are the functions that are essential for growth. If you are a blogger...write posts. You can work on templates later. If you are a speaker...better your speech. Don't waste time becoming familiar with the audio system.
If you concentrate on your prim
Do you hear people say “May I have another serving?” or “This will ruin my diet.” when they taste your cooking? Or do they usually say “What in the world is this?” and you find yourself cleaning away most of what you served? Do you have a hard time getting the dish right even if you have a cookbook with you?If you feel that your cooking impresses not just your cat, an
If a cook spends most of his time planning the meal and not much time cooking, there would be a disaster on every plate (not to mention a plethora of food borne illnesses:)). This is the disaster that a lot of entrepreneurs create within their businesses.
We often over analyze, over plan, overreact, over...you get the point. We, as entrepreneurs, have to learn to K.i.s.s.(Keep It Super Simple) our business. This way you will not waste countless hours planning to avoid some imaginary disaster; or perfecting a secondary function while neglecting a primary one.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING
Spend your time producing the basic functions of your business. These are the functions that are essential for growth. If you are a blogger...write posts. You can work on templates later. If you are a speaker...better your speech. Don't waste time becoming familiar with the audio system.
If you concentrate on your prim
Are you still trying to decide what you want to be when you grow up? Well knock it off!Let's see, your options are leaching off your parents till you're 30 and then trying to find a career when you're way too old and nobody wants to deal with you. That's stupid! Or, if you like people,and you want to help people then you can find out how to become a Nurse.f entrepreneurs create within their businesses.
We often over analyze, over plan, overreact, over...you get the point. We, as entrepreneurs, have to learn to K.i.s.s.(Keep It Super Simple) our business. This way you will not waste countless hours planning to avoid some imaginary disaster; or perfecting a secondary function while neglecting a primary one.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING
Spend your time producing the basic functions of your business. These are the functions that are essential for growth. If you are a blogger...write posts. You can work on templates later. If you are a speaker...better your speech. Don't waste time becoming familiar with the audio system.
If you concentrate on your prim
I received a postcard from my local Infinity dealer. The card offered a set of cut crystal and a chance to win a new Infinity if I stopped in during their Grand Opening Sale. It appeared that somebody took some time to plan a classy sales event. Like you though, I generally toss this type of solicitation instantly. But for some reason I kept the card and visited the dealersh
Spend your time producing the basic functions of your business. These are the functions that are essential for growth. If you are a blogger...write posts. You can work on templates later. If you are a speaker...better your speech. Don't waste time becoming familiar with the audio system.
If you concentrate on your primary functions, your business will naturally develop some "icing" as it grows. But if you don't do this, years will have gone by and you will still be "getting ready" for action.
Many millionaires state that their successes in life did not necessarily come from there most meticulously planned actions. Nothing you plan will turn out exactly as you plan it anyway. Success usually comes from taking actions toward a goal and adjusting to obstacles as they come.
CLARIFICATION
Now I'm not saying you should just make thoughtless, uninformed business decisions. But I am saying that, during the growth stages, you should ensure that your time is being spent taking actions that directly effect your primary functions.
Because Scrutinization breeds Procrastination and Action breeds Growth. I will be discussing the difference between proactive action and progressive actions in a future posts. Leave your comments...
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