Earlier in the week, I wrote about the winner's secret to success: mastering the simple aspects of business, or life, and pursuing those simple fundamentals with maximum vigor. When I first start to work with a small business owner to improve the bottom line, it is critical to understand and have a firm grasp on these simple, basic fundamentals. No sense passionately pursuing the wrong objectives with maximum vigor, eh? To be truly successful, you need to accurately understand the core and heart of your business.
Ask yourself questions like:
Why did you start your business in the first place?
There's one thing you want your grandchildren to know about your earlier days in starting and building your business. What is it?
What are you most proud of regarding what your business offers?
How do you measure success?
When you're gone, what would you like the legacy of your business to be?
I firmly believe that, in order to successfully progress into the future, one must understand where you have been and what you truly value. The video from a post earlier this week reveals the values and core beliefs of legendary coach Vince Lombardi. The narrating voice (boy, I love that voice of NFL Films!) informs us that Lombardi believed in the old fashioned virtues of hard work, second effort, loyalty and love.
What do you believe in? What are the core values of your business, the things that you believe deeply and will not compromise? Knowing these things is a guiding compass in a rapidly, ever changing world.
Professionally, I believe in serving God by loving and encouraging others in their daily work, in relationships that are built and based upon trust and respect. I firmly believe that everything in life is about God, and I am personally a devoted follower of Jesus Christ. This belief and faith doesn't make me better than others, in fact, I realize how flawed and hopelessly self-centered I genuinely am.
How about you? What do you believe in?
Thanks for sharing 93 seconds of your day,
Smitty
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