Interpersonal Business

It is time to inventory your “soft assets,” your business relationships. Review the 80/20 theory and its impact on all your performing assets. What is the cost of holding on to underperforming assets? Are you prepared to “close out” your “obsolete” inventory? We must often cut our losses quickly.

This is an emotional and very personal decision. Wait until it becomes obvious. While financial aspects are one consideration, they should never be the only one. Physical and emotional fitness often play a much more significant role. If fulfillment and personal satisfaction are missing, you deserve to find it! Create your plans and agenda for future. At all costs, protect the current and former heritage of your company.

Have we lost touch with our priorities and replaced them with sales figures, profit, and the bottom line? We are challenged by the day-to-day operation of our business, but is this the best use of our time? In the absence of electronic communications, when was the last time you personally communicated with your staff? It’s time to regain the personal touch that is what made you successful in the first place! Refocus your priorities and take control of your time.

Regardless of our hectic pace, we must make time to give back. There is a higher purpose. Slow the pace, and take yourself a bit less seriously. It is time to pay back those who assisted us in our early growth. No matter what our chosen career, we must remember that it is “paper, not plasma.” Help another to fulfill a dream.