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Early in my business career, an economic downturn forced me to spend a significant amount of time selling. I took several 2-3 day road trips, racking up an impressive number of sales calls but very little new business. I was using the old numbers game, believing that the more calls I made, the more business would be landed. The results were disappointing, so I scheduled several more trips and jammed in even more prospect visits.
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Today
we all seem to wear multitasking as a badge of honor. The need to perform
multiple tasks is assumed as we are pressured by customers, bosses, and
the other demands of our work. We create a fury of activity with constant
motion, which impresses those around us and even ourselves at how busy and
productive we are.
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Jesus said, “For which of you, desiring
to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has
enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is not
able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying this man began to
build and was not able to finish” (Luke 14:28-30 ESV).
When planning a new initiative, we may
easily understand we need to set money to fund the effort. Likewise, we need to
plan for and set aside the time needed to accomplish a new business enterprise.
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New Year’s Day is behind us, and for millions of people, the resolutions we made on January 1st are already being cast aside.
A new year gives us an opportunity to reflect and then act on changes we need to make, to make a fresh start. In our business or work performance, anytime we understand a correction needs to be made, we should resolve immediately to fix that issue.
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The Economic Tsunami sweeping across America is challenging the foundation of our financial markets in unfamiliar ways, generating fear in investors both here and around the world. Events are moving at such a rapid pace that the current Wall Street Journal becomes obsolete before you finish reading the front page. |
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