Turn a new leaf

Have you been in a rut?  Personally or professionally it really doesn’t matter.  Here is a business spin to this question.  By definition, you are in a rut if you are not moving forward or sinking deeper into whatever mire you might be in.  One of my favourite readings also suggests that if you are not moving forwards, then you are actually going backwards as your competition move forward.  Just a little bit of quantum physics needed for that mental picture (thank you Albert).
Have a look at what you are doing in your business.  List out the top 10 things you do on a daily basis, weekly basis, quarterly basis, annual basis.  Are there any items on this list that you could stop?  If, yes.  STOP.  Are there any items that you could merge?.  MERGE.  Are there any items that suck and you get them outsourced?  OUTSOURCE.  Are there any clients that cause you most of your problems (ignoring the income they contribute)?  SACK THEM.  Getting the picture! Once you do that exercise, the next items to identify are the ones that make you happy, the ones that make you money, the ones you want to do.  And when you have, do more of the same with each of them.
Aaannnd once that is all done, you will be amazed that you will still have capacity to either contribute back to the ones you love or you can take a sneaky little peak at the new leaf (ok, enough with the imagery – opportunity) over in the corner over there.  Just lift a corner of it.  Perhaps even a second look.  Like what you see?  Then turn it over and get the heck on with it.  You will be rewarded.

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