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Are you getting somewhere with your small business or are you insane?

by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 03, 2007


If you want your small business to be successful you need to have the ability to get things done - are you one of those people who get stuff done?

But is that really all that counts? No, of cause not, getting the right stuff done is what counts. So every time you are working on something you need to ask yourself

“Is this effort I’m putting into this project getting me anywhere or not?”

If the answer is “NOT” then you need to stop it right away. This can be one of the hardest things to do, especially if you have invested a lot into it the project already. But it is essential for your business success to make this hard decision.

You may decide to try again and again, but as Benjamin Franklin used to say:

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

ST.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 at 9:08 pm and is filed under Business Quotations, be successful, do a reality check, grow your business, not to do it!. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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3 Responses to “Are you getting somewhere with your small business or are you insane?”

  1. Craig

    Said on October 4th, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    Sometimes I feel like I need to pin a note on the wall saying “20% of your effort gets 80% of your results.”
    It makes a big difference when you realise sitting at your computer doesn’t mean you’re being productive.

  2. Stefan Töpfer

    Said on October 5th, 2007 at 8:13 am

    Hi Craig,

    Thank you for your comment and you are right the 80-20 rule is definitely to be applied here, great point.

    ST

  3. reash

    Said on October 8th, 2007 at 6:32 pm

    Hi,

    Sometimes I overdone things and realize that the more I try to force things the less work is being done.

    You must know when to start and when to stop or else you will be wasting a lot of valuable time.

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