You start the business and then… Well apart from working hard to make it sustainable…

A few things first, let’s make a list. Why did you get into business? Is it turning out how you wanted? Is there a profit? Is it providing a better life for you? If not when will it do that?

Note how I end up with the lifestyle side and start with the business side? That’s my focus in many of these articles, because I see people drop perfectly good jobs wth 4 weeks annual leave (here in Australia anyway) and in the most part security, for what? Hassles and more stress, more responsibility and the list goes on.

In buisness I figure you have to fight vigorously to make a profit (and sustain it, then celebrate the fact you got your goal.) So what’s next.

• Wealth?
• Peace of mind?
• Less stress?
• Less hassle?

Does all that lead to a better life? I hope so. Then pursue that, make a plan, set a time line then do something radical, halve it! Not the quantity of the results but the time frame. Get the results in half the time… What would it take to do that? Is it possible, is it feasible, is it out side of your threshold? Push that thought around for a while and figure out just how to make things fit.

I suggest that if the goal is a really worthy one you will be in a poition to make it happen in the shorter time frame because you truly connect with it. If there is no connection then try another goal, keep searching until a truly compelling one hits you. then go  for that.

Whatever the goal, make sure it’s one that gives you a better lifestyle. All work and no play makes for a dull person!

If you head up a franchise, what goals can you assist your Franchisees to set? What goals can they assist you to set too! Push the boundaries, go for gold, and if you come in second place the silver medal will still be quite valuable.

Stumble it!