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As the calendar is posed to turn over to a new year we reflect on the past so that we may learn from it. Each year prior to it starting I write down goals for myself and the business. These goals are both financial (like an Annual Plan) and non-financial but equally as rewarding. When I look back at what I thought the year would be and what it was it never ceases to amaze me how much you can accomplish with just the simple act of writing it down and continuing to review it. I did not make every goal but made major progress in both life and the company.

The main goal that I had for the year was to focus 100% of my time on building this business. This was reached mid year and has been extremely invigorating. I had worked with multiple clients helping them “Review, Refocus, Refine their businesses to make them more profitable. Each of them recommending others to me. This is the best form of recognition I can see to truly judge my performance.

One of my goals for 2025 for the company with be the continued growth of the company with some additional focused offerings. One such offering will be coaching. This has been requested a few times during the year. This make perfect sense because the base of what I do starts with my desire to help people.

That is all I have for you today.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

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To Big to Be Small, To Small to be Big!

You here this all the time in business. Your company has grown but not big enough to afford to hire some additional full time executives. This is were companies like ours come into play. Let us be your shoulder to lean on. We give you the ability to bring in someone with over 30 years experience in the finance and operations of a business. We are an ear to talk into that you can turn to over and over again as your business grows. Always bringing in the same person so you don't have to continual train them on how you think. Use us for a few hours, a few days, a few weeks or a few months, we are their for you to help move your business along providing the extra insight that you might be lacking. Give us a call today and we can discuss your needs.

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Using a Consultant as your very own Management Team Member at a lower cost to your organization

It does not matter if you business is as large as Home Depot or as small as the Local flower shop you are always in need of someone to bounce new ideas off of. The problem when you business is smaller is the cost of adding team members. Using a consultant can help you with this issue.

Consultants can come in and you only have to pay them for the time they contribute to your organization. You don't have health care, payroll taxes, pension, 401k, vacation or holidays to pay for. The other benefit is that when you bring in a consultant they are extremely focused on the task at hand and not the day to day little things that can bough down employees. This allows them to push the project faster at time. 

Hiring a consultant can be like hiring a part time Executive who is full of energy and outside knowledge. You were smart enough to start up your business and see it through the beginning pains but now you want to continue that momentum of growth but may be unsure of the next step. Let a consultant come in and help you keep "pushing the rock forward".

 

 

 

Choose your Career like you Choose a Spouse

Have you ever heard the term "You are married to your job"? Well if it is the right job I hope it is like the spouse you married. What I mean by that is simple. You spend what seems like a lifetime trying to find the right person to spend your life with. You never know where you will run into that person but when you do...You know it. You can't wait to be with that person every day. You wake up full of energy ready to take on the world. Every day is not perfect but working through those days are usually the most rewarding and memorable later on. When choosing your career, it should feel like this. If you are lucky enough to find a career that gives you that much passion you are in for a lifetime of happiness!

PS: Remember to tell your spouse you love them today for being who they are!!

Set aside time to work on it every day

Setting aside a little piece of your busy day to work on you goals from your annual budgets is a critical step. If you are not willing to spend time on the goals either by yourself or with others in the organization, how do you expect to reach or exceed your budget you created? This is a very important step. Take big items and break them down into smaller pieces and they won't seem as daunting of tasks. Also, achieving your goals in business is no different then achieving your own personal goals. Repetition, routine, daily are all words used. If you can make it part of your daily routine your chance of reaching your goals greatly increases.

If help will be needed find them now, don't wait

The sooner you find the help you need the less stressed you will be. How many times have you waited until you were close to a deadline and then said "if I only had help"! The problem is if you wait until you are close to the deadline to get help how are you going to now have time to train that individual to accomplish the tasks needed? I would review this using a simply math equation; cost to hire early versus the cost of not getting the project done. If you will make more as a company and it also allows you to reach your annual budgets goals then why not start now! Some times we spend so much time thinking about todays bottom line that we lose focus on tomorrows.

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Add Start and Completion Dates

Adding dates will help you to stay on track with the goals you have created to reach your annual budget. For example; If the 3rd item you need to finish has to be done by February 15th but to complete that item you need to complete goal #1 and #2 and it's February7th, you might have an issue. Dates help you to also reduce the stress that is associated with getting things done. They help you to reduce procrastination which we are all to much aware of.

We are a society of instant gratification but when it comes to getting the hard things done that would really benefit us, we push them aside to do the easy. Get the hard done and the rest starts to become easy!

See you tomorrow:)

 

Write it Down

It does seem simply but I cannot tell you how many times I have went into a situation and the person I am dealing with has not written down what they need to accomplish. It is crazy to me but I understand it happens. The way I present this is to ask the individual this; "If you were to hit a tree today who would be able to make sure what needs to be accomplished can be done?" The blank stare usually shows up here.

So, take five minutes in the morning and make sure you write down what needs to be accomplished today to keep moving toward your goals/budget you have set. That's all it will take and you will be surprised as to how much you end up getting accomplished. I mean, I was able to get this done today because I wrote it down and looked at my agenda today and said ...that's next!