It is that time of the year again. A time to sit down review, reflect and re-energise, yeah, right.! Would that we actually had the time to do that.
Why we do this at the end of the year is seen as that specific time to attempt this I’m not sure but, if you haven’t had time during the last year, maybe now is the time to make some time for you in the Twixtmas greyness. Something to help you avoid the sales, the traffic jams getting in and out of the retail parks, and the mud.
So..get a paper and pencil, a glass of your favourite tipple and dispatch the kids to the outlaws. Sit somewhere comfortable and breath.
One of the things I try to influence/persuade/cajole/beat into… my Free on Friday clients to do, which I believe is actually the most crucially important task you have in running your business, is to make some head space, create some time to stand back and look.…
In the moments you might grab between the chaos you do need to ask yourself some questions. Over next few days I’m going to suggest a few you may like to think about. Asking beautiful questions is the secret to the art of problem solving, innovation and creativity and your business should be an outlet for your creative self if nothing else. It simply just brings the fun back into it. It renews your enthusiasm and sets you up for the ups and inevitable downs of what is likely to await you in the coming months.
So..get a paper and pencil, a glass of your favourite tipple and dispatch the kids to the outlaws. Sit somewhere comfortable and breath.
One of the things I try to influence/persuade/cajole/beat into… my Free on Friday clients to do, which I believe is actually the most crucially important task you have in running your business, is to make some head space, create some time to stand back and look.…
In the moments you might grab between the chaos you do need to ask yourself some questions. Over next few days I’m going to suggest a few you may like to think about. Asking beautiful questions is the secret to the art of problem solving, innovation and creativity and your business should be an outlet for your creative self if nothing else. It simply just brings the fun back into it. It renews your enthusiasm and sets you up for the ups and inevitable downs of what is likely to await you in the coming months.
Here they are:
1. Are you accepting the same type of tasks, projects and fees as you were two years ago?
2. Are you a company that your competitors envy?
3. Are you a profession or a business?
4. Are you abandoning buyers?
5. Are customers asking to buy products and services you don’t offer?
6. Are you an advisor or just a seller?
7. Are you charging enough for your ideas?
8. Are you competing or comparing?
9. Are you counting traffic or transactions?
10. Are you doing anything that is no longer important?
Email me for the other 40… or stop by over the next few days in you want to rekindle and fall back in love with your business…..
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