- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the past weeks, a lot of what I have been reading is about business GROWTH and RECOVERY trends. It appears that the recessions "worst" is OVER (albeit you won't hear that on the news). Most of the articles have alluded to the WILLINGNESS of small businesses (and some larger ones) to try more innovative ways of doing business.
Frequently, when we are CHALLENGED with difficult times, our initial reaction is to eliminate our "risk." We stop spending money; eliminate "unnecessary" activities, companies eliminate employees and more. Essentially, what we do is STOP experimenting with success… Out of FEAR, people begin seeking the "SAFE PLAY" for success.
How many people and/or companies are you aware of that ACHIEVED success by playing it safe? How many SUCCESSFUL people would tell you to take FEWER chances and MINIMIZE risk? Do you REALLY believe the key to success, in an economy, is LIMITING your willingness to experiment and find new success paths?? (Just in case you didn't get it, this is a rhetorical question)
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
The BEAUTY of experimentation is the if it does NOT work… it is NOT failure. Its just ELIMINATION of options. With that being noted, you have NO reason to feel as though you FAIL if you don't achieve your goals.
Ideally, you should be EXPERIMENTING with new ways every day. New sales techniques, new delivery options, new pricing structures. When you are seeking NEW ways.. you are LEARNING. When you are learning… you are GROWING. And when you GROW… you SUCCEED! Why? Simple.
Everyone else is HIDING in their hole. They have STOPPED experimenting, stopped growing… stopped trying. NOW is the time to LEAP ahead!! (or at least experiment with it).
Cheers,
Zach
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