I should make this a series, since it is one of my favorite and most written about threads. Steve Hoffaker, Jon Wnoroski, Gary Woltal, Steve Homer, Richard Smith, Leander McClain, Rich Dansereau, Jason Crouch, Jim Crawford, Glenn Phillips and many, many, many more Active Rainers have all posted and commented on this area of their businesses. I hold that goal setting and planning are the most important ingredients of running a successful business. Additionally, I believe that research, education and understanding the market(s), how they affect your business, your customers, your local areas and your competition is critical to knowing how to adjust your plans. Action being the last piece to move the plans to success.
Listen people!, complaining about the market and your individual circumstances is not a plan. Successful people do not get that way because of factors beyond their control. They know how to work with those factors to their advantage. They control what they do, not what is done to them. There is no luck, there are no accidents. Success does not "happen" to others, it is a result. It is carefully crafted, planned and executed.
Many years ago, when I was selling insurance for a very large insurance company based in Milwaukee Wisconsin (yeah, The Quiet Company), one of the top agents in our agency in Nashville, used to say, "that luck was nothing more than the time when *Preparation and Opportunity meet".
Good and bad happen, Ce la vie! Opportunity exists in everything. The truly open minded, knowledgeable professional knows when to detect it and then is nimble enough to formulate a plan around it and then act. It is very simple. It is not easy, but (I am sure you have heard this too) anything worth having in life, never is....."
Stay sharp my friends and have a productive and successful day!
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*Roy D. Chapin Jr.: Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
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