Showing posts with label business approach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business approach. Show all posts

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Is it easy for you to say ‘no’ to requests?


Are you thinking that you don’t have an option?

Every person who owns a business has an option about what they are going to do and who they are going to work with. Let me give you an example; let’s say a very miserable person comes into your store. Do you want to have them as a client? Of course not! So you do have options.

So how do you say ‘no’ respectfully? I believe the best way is to be politely blunt. That is to say; ‘Mr. Prospect I don’t believe that we have the right connection to work together on a long-term basis. Due to this I would suggest you look to some of my competitors for your needs.’

Not only will you have helped them, but you will have taken a great weight off your shoulders of having a client that you don’t feel comfortable with.

Doesn’t this make sense?

Monday, April 16, 2012

What is your approach to business?


Is it ready, aim, aim, fire?

You may wonder what 'ready, aim, aim, fire' means. It is lots of preparation, followed by adjusting the fine details, then re-adjusting the details, then taking action. That was the way to run a business in the 1950’s and 1960’s. In the 21st Century you need to take the approach of – ready, fire, then aim and fire again. This is because if you spend so much time aiming or adjusting the fine details your competitors will be ahead of you, all the time. If you spend so much time trying to get it perfect, you are never ever going to be ready.

You got to realize that there is nothing wrong with mistakes as long as you learn from them.

What can you do today that is out of the ordinary that will move your business forward?

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