Find the systems you need to grow your business
In entrepreneurship these days we tend to shy away from anything behaving “like a machine.” And while it’s admirable that we’re reminded that businesses are run by humans and we should behave accordingly, I think we’re giving machines a bad rap.
I blame i, Robot.
I’m of the belief that everyone has something to say, even if they’re naturally introverted. We each have skills and lessons and truths that we’ve amassed over years of being on the earth and in business.
In a world full of fake advertising, misleading marketers and lying liars, I feel a little honesty is always needed. Entrepreneurship isn’t all sunshine and smiles.
It’s hard.
When I talk to entrepreneurs about their current teams I hear a lot of the same complaints.
“It takes forever to get anything done.”
“I have to review everything.”
Imagine that you’re a contestant who has been asked to share ONE thing you know with other entrepreneurs.
Not your “top 12” or “oh and this” but the singular truth or tactic or skill that you know will better lives and businesses. What would it be?
The conversation was meandering like a ball in a pinball machine, hitting this topic and that before coming back to the first again. And, much like my Dad’s antique pinball machine, it was fun since discussing business and systems and growth makes me light up.
For many entrepreneurs, myself included, Facebook is a double edged sword of usefulness and wasteful content which can be amazing or overwhelming at any given moment.
It’s a true fact that we can more easily see the issues that other people have in their businesses than in our own. And recently I was able to hear great business and marketing advice given to dozens of people but the most common response was a dismissive “yeah, but” followed by an excuse.
I use five calendars. Seriously.
The first is my Google Calendar which has 5-in-1 because I like to see work-personal-client-media-finance separately, but still in one place. I won’t even attempt to describe my color coding to you.
I once worked for a company that was famous for “blowing up the team” every 12-18 months. In short, this online business would go through a “transition” that resulted, in one way or another, every single member of the team leaving. Some were let go and others would quit, but this complete turnover, predictably, resulted in a lot of chaos.
