Are you in BUSY-ness?

busy-business-manOne of the things I find absolutely amazing with owner-operator business owners is how many of them are in busy-ness. Busy, busy, busy, not getting anywhere.

Don’t get me wrong – running a business takes time, I get that.

But as a business coach and mentor, I can tell VERY QUICKLY the difference between successful versus much less successful business owners.

The busier the person is,
the less successful he or she is.

When I refer to being busy, I mean being preoccupied, distracted, putting out fires, chasing things down, playing telephone tag, going through emails several times in an inbox with hundreds or thousands of messages, preparing multiple proposals, bidding on every tender that crosses the desk… I could go on and on…

I mention this now because in the past 2 weeks, I’ve come across people who in their own words are “too busy”… Not with an overflow of jobs, contracts and orders to process, but too much “stuff to do”…

Success is actually not that hard, but people want and do make it hard…

One way they make it hard for themselves is trying to get it “all” done. That actually is not the point, goal or aim in business.

The goal is well, the goal.

If your goal is to grow your business (increase sales), then you should only be “busy” doing things that lead to that outcome.

If your goal is to be more profitable – this is a DIFFERENT goal than increasing sales, then you should only be “busy” doing that.

Here’s the thing —> most business owners don’t know what their goal is!

Most business owners THINK increasing sales and increasing profitability is the same thing – it’s not. Furthermore, one is NOT better than the other. IT DEPENDS on what you want and when you want it.

You could acquire 10, 20, or even 100 new clients at a very low cost (e.g. no profit) in the next month. By retaining those clients – with a full profit proposition – you can become more PROFITABLE within this financial/calendar year.

So the decision(s) you make depend on your GOAL and YOUR timeline.

I know this sounds easy, common sensical and even self-evident, but believe me… It’s not.

The busiest people are NOT beginners in business. These are people who have been in business for years or even decades — They should know better by now, but they don’t.

Why not?

Because they don’t have and don’t take the time to test the alternative.

How can they? They are too busy, busy, busy, busy…

Welcome to what I call the Vortex Of Mediocrity!

Once it has you in its grasp – there is no escaping it – without determination, perseverance and tenacity.

So there you go – another distinction for you.

Are you in BUSY-NESS …
too busy to grow your business?

 

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