Do you want to get rid of that nagging voice in the back of your head? You know the one. The one that keeps telling you that something could be terribly wrong with your company’s financials but it is best not to know. So ignore it. Don’t ignore it. Find out the facts and rest…
Most business owners would prefer to chew on cut glass rather than pay attention to the financial results of their business. This is strange because we are in business to make a decent income and to build wealth. So take a minute out of your busy day and come on a journey of learning. Learn…
Business ownership is a never ending chase after new revenue. If we don’t get new revenue we won’t get revenue growth. And if we don’t get revenue growth we will get revenue decline. And revenue decline is a nasty thing. But where should we focus our marketing and sales strategies. All too often business owners…
You don’t build your business by “earning revenue”you build your business by “generating revenue”. And you generate revenue by getting out on the streets and letting people know the value of what you do. But you don’t want to tell everyone; after all not everyone cares. But you do want to tell people who might…
We hear it all the time: “I just don’t have enough time to do everything”. And it’s true! So here are some management models to help you take control of your time and therefore your life. 1. The 45 Minute Solution Add 45 minutes to your work day; this addshalf a day to your work…
When you plan to execute a large project or campaign it is very easy to become overwhelmed. Overwhelm leads to procrastination (see last month’s blogs on procrastination) and so nothing happens. When you find this happening to you it is time to call in a modest little management tool called One Step At A Time.…
Our guest blogger, who wants to remain anonymous, writes: I am a master procrastinator, so well-practiced that the date of my eventual shuffle off this mortal coil is continually being extended. I am an accountant by training (if not by disposition) and I prepare the family taxes. Usually I prepare what I call the first…
Not doing something that should be done is called procrastination. While procrastination can be good, for example we end up not doing something that isn’t important, it can also be harmful to our businesses as described in last week’s blog. There are many causes for us to procrastinate. Fear, overwhelm, distractions, laziness to name just…
The blog theme for March is procrastination, which probably means it will never happen! Procrastination is putting off doing something important to work on something trivial; or not work on anything at all. We are told this is a bad thing. But we are also told everyone procrastinates. So how can something that everyone does…
As we end our February theme of focus focus focus we introduce you to a powerful tool to help you keep that focus; Critical Success Factors. Theyare the things that MUST happen in order to achieve the goals that you have set for your business. When you identify your Critical Success Factors you will: Focus…