Numbers Are Life

Starting in New York, I attended Fabienne Fredricksen’s Get More Clients Tour, which was a short afternoon event. Fabienne is someone I have followed for some time and, you may recall, I even suggest her product “the client attraction system” in this blog, as it is something I own and value. It was fabulous to [...]

Do your days rush past in a flurry of activity, only to leave you feeling disheveled at the end and with no sense of accomplishment?

Instead, imagine working through your day more productively and achieving your goals.

Business professionals who provide a service, like accountants, fall into two camps – those who care about you as a client and those who care about the money.

That’s not to say you can’t care about both – of course a good business person must care about money – but it shouldn’t be the driving factor for why they work with you. I think you see a great distinction between those who care about their clients and those who care about their money.

I reached one of those tipping points in my business this week. You know the ones, where it all makes sense and sense of order prevails.

How about you? Have you reached your tipping point yet?

Have you noticed that the momentum you have when start your week, your year or even your day has a big impact on the results you achieve?

It’s momentum – the impelling force or strength – that gets things happening. The fabulous thing about momentum is that once it starts rolling, its takes a lot to stop it. But the trick is to get that momentum started in the first place.

As we get into the business growth groove we usually start to consume more resources either in the normal course of business or in attempts to get to the next level. Sometimes we are so busy in the growth mindset that we automatically invest in more and more resources without properly evaluating what we are doing. We can lose sight of being resourceFUL i.e. making the most of what we have and making sure each dollar is purchasing maximum value. I’m not talking about being stingy but taking a step back and evaluating what resources you are investing in and deciding whether:

That powerful little word “no”, so hard to say but oh so effective. If you’re a parent, you’ll know that it’s often the most common word that you use, as you attempt to teach your children the boundaries of life. This little word can be difficult, as we love our children and want to provide for them. As they slowly become adults, a new respect develops for this tiny word and how difficult it can be to say out loud when needed.

Do you have your mind on the job, so to speak? I’m not asking whether you worry about your business, we all do that. I’m asking whether you allow yourself to think, strategise, improve your business, allow it to grow through you?