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What is your small business resolution for the new year?

by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 08, 2008


Reading through the small business blogs I read daily, I notice many people still go on about New Year’s resolutions. It is always funny to see that most resolutions don’t last the month. So why do we bother?

The problem with resolutions is that often we promise to stop something we enjoy most - with an undesirable side-effects. Make no mistake about it, keeping a resolution is hard work, no matter if it is for your private life or your small business life. Rather than setting goals we most likely will not realize, we should embrace constant small change and give ourselves time to reach the big goals. It is often said that most good resolutions start too late and end too soon - experience tells us that it’s true.

I try and see my goals as “work in progress”, that way I enjoy the small achievements on the way to the big goal and don’t put myself under more stress with unrealistic resolutions.

May your troubles this year be as short-lived as your resolutions. ST.

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2 Responses to “What is your small business resolution for the new year?”

  1. Tom from The Home Business Archive

    Said on January 8th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    Hi Stefan! First off all nice blog, this is my first visit and I will return.This looks like a massive archive of information.Well, my new years resolution is simply to create a time schedule for my self, and try to work normal hours instead of the 24-7 system I have been doing.

  2. Stefan Töpfer

    Said on January 9th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    Hi Tom,

    That is what I mean - I have the same problem with the 24/7 thing - and it is work in progress! ;-)

    Stefan

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