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Most business owners don’t practice their craft, they just perform it. It’s one of the biggest reasons their business never develops into something bigger than themselves.
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Stop trying to achieve balance
Teeter Totters rule.
Balance is another lousy Industrial Age artifact. Successful people don’t live a balanced life. They don’t want one, either. Want a successful life? Stop seeking balance.
Attitude actually ISN’T everything.
Close, but no cigar.
I’ve heard it all my life. Your attitude determines your altitude, attitude is everything, attitude is a choice, etc. Good luck with that. It sounds like a big fake “grind” to me. And I’m certain it won’t make you successful.
A day a week, a week a month, a month a year.
How to get a life.
Last February I wrote about our Business Maturity Date and how “You get what you intend, not what you hope for.”. It’s been almost a year – what did we get? We got a life.
New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
But quiet resolve will.
The last New Year’s resolution I made was 20+ years ago, and it was to never make another New Year’s resolution. It’s the only one I’ve ever kept.
We do it every year. “I hereby resolve”… blah, blah, blah. A kept resolution is harder to find than a moose in Miami.
New Year Planning? Do as little as possible.
Simple vs. Complex
Annual planning, the way we’ve been taught, is largely fortune telling and a waste of time. Plan more effectively by doing less of it.
Get a Second Planet
Re-write your future.
We waste a lot of time and money trying to fix our problems. Working on your problems is generally a bad idea if you want to be successful.
Do What You Love? Maybe Not.
Passion equals Problems.
Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life? Wrong – do what you love and you’ll be on the treadmill the rest of your life. There’s a better way.
Always release your product before it is ready.
Movement, not Planning.
Want to be successful? Get your product or service out there now, not after you’ve refined it and made it good. The MBA programs are wrong. Get moving.
Relationships. Not Marketing.
It’s really that simple.
While I was in Kenya last week I met with a new friend for a few hours to discuss his need to bring in new clients. He was thinking he might need to do some marketing. I suggested he forget marketing and talk to his friends instead.
