Time Waits For No One, Including Small Businesses
In the aftermath of so many factories and textile mills closing down across the country, many people are left wondering what they should do next.
It's a difficult transition to make when you've been employed at one place for many years and never explored outside opportunities in the event that there were changes in your health, finances, family or sudden loss of a longtime job that you enjoyed.
In so many instances, we run across employees who felt they were blindsided with downsizing, but in retrospect, they discover that the signs were looming around them.
Courageously, we are hearing about a few cases where many people have taken this negative blow and turned it around into a lucrative, positive punch.
They capitalized on what they had to work with, as opposed to what they lost.
If you're thinking about starting a small business, do some research to see how you can capitalize on your passion and explore your profitability options.
Your chances for survival are worth the risk.
If you already own a small business, have you developed your stock and sales plans for the upcoming fiscal year? Have you fine tuned your strategic marketing plans to attract more customers? At least if you're implementing the steps to achieve those short and long term goals, you won't have to worry about crying the "If" song! (If I coulda', woulda', shoulda' done...
)There is a difference in "timing" (where strategy is used for operational purposes) and taking time for granted (not properly utilizing your time).
My acronym for TIME is "Taking Initiative Minus Excuses.
" We tend to make excuses for not doing those important things that should automatically be a priority.
It is imperative to stop putting off doing the list of things that we want or need to do.
We can sometimes be our worst enemy, if we don't stop procrastinating.
Our dreams, goals and aspirations will not happen without action.
But, if you're itching to start a small business now, then stop waiting! The clock is still ticking and when those minutes, hours, days and years are gone...
that's it! It's over! As you work on your business endeavors day by day, you're making some fundamental accomplishments.
Keep a journal of the things that you're doing, planning to do and what you've already done.
Make positive and productive changes, no matter how small it is.
Avoid wasting precious time, because "time" certainly is not waiting for anyone to appreciate it or capitalize on it.
It's a difficult transition to make when you've been employed at one place for many years and never explored outside opportunities in the event that there were changes in your health, finances, family or sudden loss of a longtime job that you enjoyed.
In so many instances, we run across employees who felt they were blindsided with downsizing, but in retrospect, they discover that the signs were looming around them.
Courageously, we are hearing about a few cases where many people have taken this negative blow and turned it around into a lucrative, positive punch.
They capitalized on what they had to work with, as opposed to what they lost.
If you're thinking about starting a small business, do some research to see how you can capitalize on your passion and explore your profitability options.
Your chances for survival are worth the risk.
If you already own a small business, have you developed your stock and sales plans for the upcoming fiscal year? Have you fine tuned your strategic marketing plans to attract more customers? At least if you're implementing the steps to achieve those short and long term goals, you won't have to worry about crying the "If" song! (If I coulda', woulda', shoulda' done...
)There is a difference in "timing" (where strategy is used for operational purposes) and taking time for granted (not properly utilizing your time).
My acronym for TIME is "Taking Initiative Minus Excuses.
" We tend to make excuses for not doing those important things that should automatically be a priority.
It is imperative to stop putting off doing the list of things that we want or need to do.
We can sometimes be our worst enemy, if we don't stop procrastinating.
Our dreams, goals and aspirations will not happen without action.
But, if you're itching to start a small business now, then stop waiting! The clock is still ticking and when those minutes, hours, days and years are gone...
that's it! It's over! As you work on your business endeavors day by day, you're making some fundamental accomplishments.
Keep a journal of the things that you're doing, planning to do and what you've already done.
Make positive and productive changes, no matter how small it is.
Avoid wasting precious time, because "time" certainly is not waiting for anyone to appreciate it or capitalize on it.
