Five Things a Business Owner Should Do Each Month
What are you focusing your time on each month?
OK, I am a punch list guy and use them to make sure I stay on track and get things done (always fun to mark things off as complete). So here are five things that I believe business owners should do each month:
- Read or listen—continued investment in your education is crucial. If you read 10 pages every night before you go to bed (or listen to the equivalent) then you’ll read 18 books a year. If you commit to that level of reading, your business will improve automatically.
- Attend workshops—chambers, merchant associations, etc. have a variety of opportunities to attend presentations. Take advantage of them. Not only will you learn something, but you’ll also meet like minded entrepreneurs.
- Know your numbers—you’ve heard it before, accounting is the language of business and you need to be fluent. For your business, understanding the numbers around the financials, sales and marketing are crucial to your success.
- Pick a reward—you’ve set some high goals for yourself, what’s the reward when you get there? Too often, business owners lament over their disappointments and don’t celebrate their achievements. Pick a great reward to keep you motivated for achieving your goal.
- Pick a consequence—now for the stick side of the equation. People move away from pain and towards pleasure. If you need something to keep you moving away from the pain, pick a consequence. Something that you are not a fan of that will keep you focused to accomplish your goals.
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Don’t Worry Be Happy
by Geri Sutton, Business Development Manager and Professional Worrier.
Song By Bobby McFerrin
“Here is a little song I wrote you might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy.”
In our last blog posting we talked about positive affirmations and the negative thoughts that can sabotage your business. Being a good Irish catholic I was always taught give my problems to God. My doctrinarian to prayer started at a first seven when I made my first holy confession. I think they call it reconciliation now. I recently realized that are people in this world who don’t pray. It’s not because they are against it, they never learned how to pray.
I am reading EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. The #1 New York Times Bestseller. Although this book came out in 2006, I am just getting to reading it now. Maybe because the movie is coming out next month, starring Julia Roberts or maybe because when it was published four years ago, I wasn’t worried all the time! As you probably know the book is about a conflicted woman who travels around the world and discovers the powers of nourishment, prayer and love.
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Eat Pray Love
Happily married Elizabeth Gilbert (Roberts) takes a right turn in her life by enduring a painful divorce and proceeding to take a round-the-world journey of self-enlightenment and fulfillment.
The learning from this book for me is there really is power in prayer, or mediation or affirmations, whatever you want to call it. In the book the author describes the difference as praying is talking to God, while mediation is the act of listening to God.
Listening to others is important especially in the today’s business world. There is so much information available on the internet, but how do you know who or what to believe?
Who do you listen to?
I think the answer is you listen to your inner voice. The one that tells you that maybe you need to go to a marriage counselor before you get a divorce, the voice that says that the mole on your leg is a weird shape, the one that says I need help getting my business back on track.
Yogis say that Ham SA is the most natural mantra. In Sanskrit it means “I AM THAT”. At ActionCOACH our mantra is “I AM BETTER THAN THAT”.
A business coach is a trusted guide who will LISTEN to your hopes and dreams in confidence. He will be your business strategy guru. And you don’t have to go to an ashram in India. Call us at 203 210 7003 for a complimentary coaching session and stop worrying.
“The land lord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don’t worry, be happy
Look at me I am happy
Don’t worry, be happy
Here I give you my phone number
When you worry call me
I make you happy
Don’t worry, be happy”
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