A Small Business Entrepreneur’s Top 10 Playbook: Play #7
As a small business entrepreneur for over 20 years and a former professional athlete with a career that spanned about the same amount of time, I've been able to utilize aspects of both those endeavors that have helped enable me to become a successful small business person.
Like a well played game, all businesses will go through their natural cycles of ebbs and flows. You, as a small business entrepreneur, need to know when to call a timeout or when to run another play. Sports has taught me the value of team play, camaraderie, working towards common goals, learning from your temporary setbacks and the ability to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep on going.
If I were to put together a top 10 list of "must haves" whether you’re a startup company or a well-established business, it would go something like this. (I’ll be sure to “send in” a new play every day until you have the complete list of top ten plays!)
# 7: Stay Current -
With technology advancing at warp speed, it's important for every business owner to stay up-to-date with some of the latest and greatest resources to help your business. It's true that there's so much out there that one cannot possibly absorb it all, but that goes back to the matter of you needing to be an owner who can keep his/her "head up" to see the big picture and opportunities in front of you and not get wrapped up with a "nose to the grindstone" mentality and approach.
Be adventuresome and daring in trying new techniques and technology that can help enhance your business. It's okay to take a "trial run" at various techniques just to see how they may fit into your business. One thing is certain, "nothing stays the same, and change is the only constant". You've got to keep up with the ever-changing world that we live in. One of my favorite quotes about change is “Change is Evitable, but Growth is Optional”. Keep growing!
The article "A Small Business Entrepreneur's Top 10 Playbook" was written and submitted by James Donaldson, president and owner of The Donaldson Clinic www.DonaldsonClinic.com of Mill Creek, Wa. Established 1990.
Donaldson is the author of Standing above the Crowd: Success Strategies in Athletics, Business, Community and Life. For more information go to www.StandingAboveTheCrowd.com and/or contact him at JamesD@StandingAboveThe Crowd.com
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James Donaldson is the author of “Standing Above The Crowd” (Executing Your Game Plan To Become The Best You Can Be In Sports, Life & Business). He is also an accomplished motivational/inspirational speaker in which he shares his strategies and stories that he has utilized to become a “High Achiever” in lengthy (20 years) careers in professional sports and being a small business entrepreneur with The Donaldson Clinic. He recently ran for the office of Mayor in the City of Seattle and has been passionately involved in various communities around the Seattle metropolitan area since graduation from Washington State University ’79.
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