The Best Training And Motivation Avaiable For Today's Business Pro.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Robert Collier
Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.
Dennis Waitley
If you don't know where you are going,
you'll end up someplace else.
Yogi Berra
How do work? By this I mean, do you have set hours and a routine so to speak? Are you an early bird or does the crack of ten in the morning ring true? Really, what best describes your work ethic or style, day in and day out? Everyone in my organization has a bit of different style and then there’s me. I have a style that no one can duplicate or would want to for that matter. I usually get to office before anyone else and turn on the music in my office. Always loud and it’s anybody’s guess what I will be listening to on any given day. I might listen to George Strait or it could be Nickleback. It just depends on my mood that morning. Then I check the computer for emails and then move on to the news and sports. At this point I am beginning to get into high gear for the day. I have returned emails and have dealt with the things that need addressing first thing.
You see I need total chaos in order to function in the business world. I like music and things coming at me fast. My beautiful wife Denise says I like working with my hair “on fire” and to be honest, she’s right. My desk is always a wreck and I am always working two or three business deals at a time with the different businesses we own. The one thing that is consistent though is the routine and the business plan we have in place. Make NO MISTAKE I get things done systematically and effectively. It just doesn’t look like it. My wife Denise and the rest of the staff get just as much, if not more accomplished and they work entirely different than I do. You could literally perform surgery on some of their desks. (You can only have one crazy person in your company and of course, I’m it. Someone has to clean up my messes.) All kidding aside, have a consistent style that you can use every day all day. I know for example that part of the staff at Now What and the Miller Team are going to arrive a bit later than I do every day and still get everything that needs to be done completed. If I need them I let them know and they never fail to “get it done” for me. We are results oriented and as long as our deadlines are meet and the customer is happy I’m happy. A great by product of this type of business plan is that someone is usually in our office from early till late. Customers seem to love that aspect of our business. We work the same way every day and our customers know we are always available when they need us. We don’t have any posted hours. If you want to do business with us we are available. We set goals and objectives and we achieve them by any means necessary. No excuses, just results. If someone cannot or will not produce, they don’t last. We know that the going will get tough from time to time, but that’s when a real superstar will shine. Be realistic about your goals and business plans and then achieve and accomplish them. Yes there will be times you get knocked off course and have to regroup. The great thing is you have a map to get back on course. That’s right, it’s your business plans and those goals you have written down. We all take detours from time to time, some are voluntary and some not. The trick is to get back on course as soon as possible. It really is simple, no plan or goal equals no business. You simply have to be systematic and consistent to achieve long term results. If you do the simple, basic and mundane all day everyday you will be amazed what will happen to your business. Starting is as simple as these few baby steps.
*Write a business plan and set some goals today! (Make your business plan one page and look at it every Monday to make sure your on course).
*Always answer your phone. (We get customers everyday because someone else wouldn’t answer the phone).
*Check and return emails “SUPERFAST”!! (Blackberry’s are great).
*Return phone calls even faster.
*If you say it then DO IT. (If you commit to a customer then keep the commitment).
*Work weekends. (I’m not a Doctor so I work weekends and it pays well, very well).
*Put yourself on a schedule. (Have a specific time you are at the office every day. We get business just by being in the office).
*Quit making excuses or “reasons” why you can’t. (Instead make some excuses or “reasons” why you “CAN”).
*Find a Mentor and show them your business plan and goals. (By this I mean, someone who will be brutally honest with you when you are not accomplishing what you should and will give you praise when you need it).
Yes there are many more things that can be done but if you do all of the above with consistency and effort you will succeed far more than you ever thought possible.
