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Success as a Conscious Entrepreneur Business Articles | March 13 Cheap Nike Cortez LA , 2009 Business planning. Team building. These things typically sound too corporate and boring for a conscious entrepreneur. Right? You'd rather create, collaborate, develop, teach, train, coach, write and help people! I understand; I'm the same way. I admit it; when I first heard about business planning and team building Cheap Nike Cortez Kenny I , I honestly wondered what place they had in my small entrepreneurial endeavor... weren't those things only for big business?
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Business planning. Team building. These things typically sound too corporate and boring for a conscious entrepreneur. Right? You'd rather create, collaborate, develop, teach, train, coach, write and help people! I understand; I'm the same way. I admit it; when I first heard about business planning and team building Cheap Nike Cortez Flyleather , I honestly wondered what place they had in my small entrepreneurial endeavor... weren't those things only for big business? Did they have anything to do with my small (and struggling) five-figure business? Heck yeah, they did!
It took somewhat of an awakening for me to fully embrace these two principles in my business... thanks to two of the incredible mentors I interviewed over the past three years. Here's the insight and wisdom that helped me develop business plan, and grow a stellar team that makes my success possible.
Insight #1: "Business Planning Can Be Fun... and Easy!" Wisdom From: Jim Horan, Author of One Page Business Plan
Before I interviewed Jim Horan, Author of One Page Business Plan, I had attempted, many times Cheap Nike Cortez Flyknit , to write a plan for my business... thinking it had to be a 50 page document I would present to a bank to get financing. But, I wasn't looking for a loan, so I figured I didn't need a plan. After all, business planning didn't appear to be any fun; every attempt I made was painful, laborious and boring. Until, I spoke with Jim.
Jim Horan helped me understand that business planning could not only be FUN, but EASY Cheap Nike Cortez A.L.C. , too. How, you might ask? By writing your business plan on ONE PAGE! (I have mine hanging on the bulletin board in my office and I readrevise it on a regular basis... it's a working document for my business.) The simple process that Jim taught me during our interview was so motivating that I immediately purchased his book and gathered a group of like-minded colleagues to work on our plans together. It's always a treat to look at my plan and see my goals being accomplished.
Something To Think About: How would you and your business benefit from having a written plan in place?
Insight #2: "If You Don't Grow Your Team, You Can't Grow Your Business" Wisdom From: Andrea J. Lee, Author of Multiple Streams of Coaching Income
Team building (much like business planning) was something I didn't think I needed. I seemed to be muddling along OK in my business with one assistant who helped me with administrative details. I just didn't see how building my team could help me make more mo^ney. My team always felt like an expense to me... a liability rather than an asset. So, I was not very excited about growing my team. But, I kept hearing about it over and over again; so, I did my homework and found an expert on the topic (who I knew and liked) to help me "get" the importance of a team in my own business.