Mark Mikelat is a success expert for small businesses. From his 15+ years of consulting at Fortune 100 banks and major corporations such as Microsoft, Border Books, and IBM, Mark has discovered that people are people first and business leaders second. By implementing basic principles of respect, sincerity, and professionalism, you can grow you success.
He is business college faculty, and an author of multiple books. You can learn more about him at www.BuildingAspirations.com.
Now is the best time to do anything. Successful small business owners appreciate that there is no best time. If you wait for the perfect time to do something, you’ll be waiting forever. Don’t wait for the perfect time. By not waiting for the perfect time to execute business ideas, you are on a path to significant growth in your small business.
There is never enough of anything. You will never have enough information, experience, time, or money in your business. You need to do some basic research and investigation, rely on the best information you have and trust your employees and yourself to make the best choices for the growth of your business.
I am going to be sentimental for a moment and quote a movie that has become a recent Christmas holiday classic: Home Alone. There is a scene in this movie where the young boy is explaining a story about a favorite toy of his, a pair of skates. He waited and waited for the perfect time to use them. This perfect time never came because, while he was waiting for the perfect time, his feet overgrow the skates.
In my business, new opportunities will develop from professional networking and conversations with people I meet at various conferences, trade shows, and other professional events. I cannot wait for the perfect time to investigate an idea. Suppose I called a client and said “Remember that idea we were talking about three months ago? Well, now I have time to discuss it.” That doesn’t work.
Perhaps you do need to wait a bit for some critical piece of information, but you need to be honest with yourself about its criticality. If you are hoping for the perfect piece of information, before you move forward with an idea, it simply won’t come. Do the best that the can with the information that you have.
By not waiting for the perfect time, you are creating a great mindset to help you with small business growth.
Could you use more tips like this to accelerate the growth of your small business? Achievement thinking is a powerful concept that Mark Mikelat, the founder of Building Aspirations, www.BuildingAspirations.com, uses to coach his small business clients to double or even triple the size of their businesses. You can learn more and take advantage of a free strategic analysis at http://www.BuildingAspirations.com/BusinessSuccess.html. Also, you can view his books on Amazon.com.
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