in your business, sometimes doing something because the alternative does not seem right may give a different impression of intent to your customers. To avoid misunderstandings follow these five guidelines.
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SMARTAR Goals are Smarter
A goal is a vision of the way we see our lives in the future, and the change that it will encompass. We set goals so we will have something to works towards, but truly I believe we set goals so we will have something to live towards. Life is about the fulfillment of vision through the actions and outcomes we create.
Building a Mastermind Group – Part II Commitment
To have an effective mastermind group you will need to have three things in place: Intake, Commitment and Rules. For Commitment a person must be able to book all meetings ahead of time and will commit to being at the meetings as if they were client sales calls.
Building a Mastermind Group – Part I Intake
In a peer group filled with competitors people feel compelled to talk about how great things are going and may not feel safe to reveal to a competitor that their business is struggling in some aspect. No one wants their competitor to have that kind of edge.
Why Network: Do You Really Need to Attend to Get More Clients?
Are You Going to Network? It doesn’t have to be in a structured setting, but it does have to happen. Get out there and meet your fellow business owners, you will be glad you did.
There is no ‘I’ in ‘TEAM’ and no ‘TEAM’ in ‘BUSINESS OWNER’
When you saw, “There is no ‘TEAM’ in ‘BUSINESS'” you probably thought, well that’s just crazy. No business is successful without the people that help manage and run it. This too is absolutely true, but small business owners often forget this. We start a business on our own, taking on every position within the corporation, maybe hiring some skilled help for specific duties, but there is so much more we need support with. As Fabienne Fredrickson of Client Attraction is fond of saying, “Entrepreneurship is a full contact sport”