subject: "sharpen The Saw" To Keep Your Business Going [print this page] Having a successful business is just one thing; the other is whether you can sustain it.
The way you think has a direct relationship between owning a successful one than an unsuccessful one.
The way you think, shapes your words. Then your words will in turn, shape your actions. Finally your actions will form your habits.
Your daily habits of an effective person will create the optimum synergy to bring a succession of success to bring renewal and enhancing the greatest asset you have--You, not your business.
Invest in yourself first before you invest in your business because the person who can run your business is YOU.
To be successful in your business, paying attentions to every single detail in your company is your daily tasks. Take time everyday to preserve and enhance your business.
To do this, you must be proactive. Spend some time to see if your sale is coming in good as expected of your marketing campaign.
Check if there is any complaint made about your products from your customers that you need to attend to. Effective people do not procrastinate but would take the first step to rectify it.
Try to fix things that appear first to be not urgent now but are important, because it might manifest into something ugly later. Urgency acts on us and presses upon us relentlessly until it is resolved.
We need to constantly rewrite the script of your business to meet the demand of the marketplace.
Do not stop to explore and develop new products. Continue with your researches and discover newer ideas in order to enhance your business opportunities to a greater height.
Being proactive means that you are in the positions to make thing happens rather than waits for things to act on you. Literally, take time to "sharpen the saw" when it has turned blunt for excessive use and are unable to cut in anymore. Your business ideas could be outdated by now and needs renewal and rejuvenation.
You feel de-motivated when there is no progress in your business and it is not heading anywhere. You need renewal vigour to carry on. No one can help you except yourself.
You are the only one who knows your business and you need to continue to educate yourself. Proactive people can find many ways to educate themselves.
Educations open up our mind and liberate our thinking to enable us to see things in a different dimension. It is like exposing yourself to greater minds.
The next time you find that your business is not doing as fine as you would expect, you know it is time to "sharpen the saw" to keep your business going.
