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Member You - 7 Ways to Have a Love Affair with Your Business
Do they think you add value? Do they say you care enough about their business? Do they see you as part of their team? If the answer is maybe, or you don’t know the answer, it’s time to make some changes.Last June the Association of Accounting Marketing held a panel discussion with CEOs to see just what they liked and didn’t like about their CPA firm. The results aren’t surprising but they do serve as a very big reminder that building close relationships with clients is the key to success.Here are a few of their comments. (to read more visit Golden Practices, penned by professional services marketing guru, Michele Golden):Be Proactive-Tell me before it’s too late Make my life easier- Share resou
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Use systems and planners to allocate time for work, family, play and also YOU! Plan ahead each month and week. Then, plan each day in the morning. Schedule in time for the things in life that bring you joy- and keep these appointments.
4. Delegate the tasks that make you cringe.
Identify the parts of your busin
In BBC's television program, The Office, David Brent is a regional manager of the Slough office of Wernham Hogg. He is an inept, politically incorrect boss. Yet, he thinks his employees love him and that he is the greatest boss of all time. He buys himself a "world’s best boss" coffee mug and uses it as proof positive that he is, in fact, the greatest boss.This television program is comedy and has even spun off an American version of the show. David Brent is not the world's best boss, not even close. But watching him and his antics is great comedy. He inspired me to write an article describing what really does make a great boss. Here are the characteristics of what I believe makes a great boss.Intelligence: A
Loving your business has numerous advantages. First, you enjoy the long hours that are sometimes required to make it grow and prosper. Second, you get to do something everyday that feeds your soul and brings you happiness. Third, how you feel about your business is transparent. When you love your business others notice and you are more likely to attract people to work for you, hire you, or buy from you.
Here are some ideas to get you started on falling and staying in love with your work:
1. Be certain your work aligns with your purpose and values.
When you are doing work that fulfills your purpose and supports your values, you will be happy, energized and inspired. It just feels right! First, you must identify what is your purpose and what do you value in life? What do you enjoy doing so much you lose track of time? Then, ask yourself, does your business match your values? What adjustments can you make? Are there new projects or products that fit your values that can be explored? How can you fulfill your sense of purpose through your business?
If these questions are difficult to answer, ask yourself if this is the best business for you to be in? Is there other work that would better fulfill your sense of purpose and match your values?
2. Strengthen your connection with others.
The quality of your relationships makes a significant impact on your happiness. This includes people in your office, customers and the professionals in your network.
Are there any unresolved issues or conflicts you need to address? Do you need to establish (or re-establish) roles and responsibilities? Is one person making most of the effort or making all of the concessions? Are you isolated and lonely because you work from home?
Suggestions:
Identify specific things you can do to improve the quality of your connections with others. Send someone a thank you letter that acknowledges how they have helped you. Have regular coffee/lunch dates with the purpose of developing new relationships and strengthening existing ones. Identify any missing players from your life - then seek out people to fill that void.
3. Balance your work and home life.
As a business owner the work is never done. There is always something else to do. So, you need to create systems to balance your time. Are you spending enough quality time with family and friends? Are you working long hours and feeling worn out? Are you giving adequate time to growing yourself and networking your business?
Suggestions:
Use systems and planners to allocate time for work, family, play and also YOU! Plan ahead each month and week. Then, plan each day in the morning. Schedule in time for the things in life that bring you joy- and keep these appointments.
4. Delegate the tasks that make you cringe.
Identify the parts of your busine
The private eye performs a service for a client. Whether it be a private individual or a corporate body [ company or firm ] not the police, military or any other government organisation.The kind of service the private eye performs is usually, but not limited to, the gathering of relevant information about a third party/parties.Because the information required by the client can be very broad and far reaching the private eye needs to be experienced in many investigative methods.A private eye can gain this experience in a variety of ways. He can join a firm of private investigators, he could have served in military intelligence, the police or with a government body.As the field of private investigati
1. Be certain your work aligns with your purpose and values.
When you are doing work that fulfills your purpose and supports your values, you will be happy, energized and inspired. It just feels right! First, you must identify what is your purpose and what do you value in life? What do you enjoy doing so much you lose track of time? Then, ask yourself, does your business match your values? What adjustments can you make? Are there new projects or products that fit your values that can be explored? How can you fulfill your sense of purpose through your business?
If these questions are difficult to answer, ask yourself if this is the best business for you to be in? Is there other work that would better fulfill your sense of purpose and match your values?
2. Strengthen your connection with others.
The quality of your relationships makes a significant impact on your happiness. This includes people in your office, customers and the professionals in your network.
Are there any unresolved issues or conflicts you need to address? Do you need to establish (or re-establish) roles and responsibilities? Is one person making most of the effort or making all of the concessions? Are you isolated and lonely because you work from home?
Suggestions:
Identify specific things you can do to improve the quality of your connections with others. Send someone a thank you letter that acknowledges how they have helped you. Have regular coffee/lunch dates with the purpose of developing new relationships and strengthening existing ones. Identify any missing players from your life - then seek out people to fill that void.
3. Balance your work and home life.
As a business owner the work is never done. There is always something else to do. So, you need to create systems to balance your time. Are you spending enough quality time with family and friends? Are you working long hours and feeling worn out? Are you giving adequate time to growing yourself and networking your business?
Suggestions:
Use systems and planners to allocate time for work, family, play and also YOU! Plan ahead each month and week. Then, plan each day in the morning. Schedule in time for the things in life that bring you joy- and keep these appointments.
4. Delegate the tasks that make you cringe.
Identify the parts of your busin
First step – Plan Ahead.The biggest investment you make into networking is your time. And most people don’t budget it adequately to maximize their results. They show up late and leave early. Reverse this – show up early and leave late – and give yourself enough time to connect with people before and after meetings officially start.Here is a little secret I’m going to share with you that very few people do. Plan and block time to evaluate your results after the meeting.Was that group a good match for you? Look through the business cards you collected - did you have an opportunity to really connect with those people? How will you follow up?These are just a few questions you should be asking yourself
If these questions are difficult to answer, ask yourself if this is the best business for you to be in? Is there other work that would better fulfill your sense of purpose and match your values?
2. Strengthen your connection with others.
The quality of your relationships makes a significant impact on your happiness. This includes people in your office, customers and the professionals in your network.
Are there any unresolved issues or conflicts you need to address? Do you need to establish (or re-establish) roles and responsibilities? Is one person making most of the effort or making all of the concessions? Are you isolated and lonely because you work from home?
Suggestions:
Identify specific things you can do to improve the quality of your connections with others. Send someone a thank you letter that acknowledges how they have helped you. Have regular coffee/lunch dates with the purpose of developing new relationships and strengthening existing ones. Identify any missing players from your life - then seek out people to fill that void.
3. Balance your work and home life.
As a business owner the work is never done. There is always something else to do. So, you need to create systems to balance your time. Are you spending enough quality time with family and friends? Are you working long hours and feeling worn out? Are you giving adequate time to growing yourself and networking your business?
Suggestions:
Use systems and planners to allocate time for work, family, play and also YOU! Plan ahead each month and week. Then, plan each day in the morning. Schedule in time for the things in life that bring you joy- and keep these appointments.
4. Delegate the tasks that make you cringe.
Identify the parts of your busin
Employers forced out of offices by the Attack on America and employees fearful of future attacks of airplanes or anthrax are using technology to get the job done. Telecommuting, a trend of the past decade is enjoying a revival and presenting a new challenge for both employers and employees. Forced to develop specific guidelines for telecommuters, employers find themselves at a loss on how to manage the distance worker. Employees face the challenge of integrating their professional life into their personal space, often space previously used by family members. More challenging, perhaps, is that not every job, not every worker, is suited for working at home. So regardless of whether working at home is by choice or by necessity, po
Suggestions:
Identify specific things you can do to improve the quality of your connections with others. Send someone a thank you letter that acknowledges how they have helped you. Have regular coffee/lunch dates with the purpose of developing new relationships and strengthening existing ones. Identify any missing players from your life - then seek out people to fill that void.
3. Balance your work and home life.
As a business owner the work is never done. There is always something else to do. So, you need to create systems to balance your time. Are you spending enough quality time with family and friends? Are you working long hours and feeling worn out? Are you giving adequate time to growing yourself and networking your business?
Suggestions:
Use systems and planners to allocate time for work, family, play and also YOU! Plan ahead each month and week. Then, plan each day in the morning. Schedule in time for the things in life that bring you joy- and keep these appointments.
4. Delegate the tasks that make you cringe.
Identify the parts of your busin
There are several reasons why people succeed in the world. Some people work really hard, others have had luck. However, there is a group of people who have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams because they saw an opportunity and positioned themselves to take advantage of it.The big question is: What important and practical lessons can we learn from these type of people?Let's examine just two very well known examples of this kind of people, namely, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com and Bill Gates the architect of Microsoft.Even though both were in a very good position to start with, the fact that they HAD A VISION of what they wanted allowed them to identify very important opportunities that launched their
Suggestions:
Use systems and planners to allocate time for work, family, play and also YOU! Plan ahead each month and week. Then, plan each day in the morning. Schedule in time for the things in life that bring you joy- and keep these appointments.
4. Delegate the tasks that make you cringe.
Identify the parts of your business that you dread (and possibly procrastinate on) and eliminate or delegate them. Hire someone to make cold calls for you or handle your bookkeeping. Trade services and get someone else to design your flyers. Enlist a local teenager to complete the mundane tasks that drive you crazy and drain your energy, but must be done. Not ready for a full-time assistant, but need some administrative support? Then, hire a Virtual Assistant for just a few hours a week.
5. Reward yourself - often!
Rewarding yourself can take many forms. It may be as simple as taking the time to acknowledge yourself for an accomplishment. It could be going to Starbucks for a latte while you work on a less than desirable task. It might be a massage or a fancy dinner or a new briefcase to celebrate a sale.
Use a reward system to make those unpleasant tasks more tolerable. Also, be sure you are rewarding the people in your circle of influence. A reward doesn't have to be something monetary. It could be a thank you note or a compliment. It feels just as good to give rewards as it does to get them.
6. Identify what makes your heart sing.
What parts of your work make you blissful? What would you do for free if there were no such thing as money? Recognize activities, situations, and relationships that bring you joy. Then, figure out ways to add them to your life as much as possible.
You control your own happiness. Research is showing that people who are happy are those who look for little ways to add joy to their day. It's not the big things - getting a huge account - which make us happy over the long haul. The little things add up - and they are easy to get when you are aware of what brings you joy.
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Have coffee/lunch with someone who makes you feel good lifts you up. Learn new things and stimulate your mind. Make a list everyday of the things for which you are grateful.
7. Spice things up on a regular basis!
The best of us can get in a rut. Ruts are boring and draining. Take some risks, make some changes and add some excitement into your work and life!
Suggestions:
-Call someone you recently met and invite them to meet with you.
-Paint the walls in your office a new color or rearrange the furniture.
-Join a new networking group - or start your own.
-Take class or a workshop.
-Develop a new product or service.
-Update y
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